scholarly journals How Local Are Labor Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (10) ◽  
pp. 2877-2907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Manning ◽  
Barbara Petrongolo
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Model ◽  
Local Labor Markets ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Optimal Search ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Local Stimulus ◽  
Strong Competition ◽  
The Unemployed

This paper models the optimal search strategies of the unemployed across space to characterize local labor markets. Our methodology allows for linkages between numerous areas, while preserving tractability. We estimate that labor markets are quite local, as the attractiveness of jobs to applicants sharply decays with distance. Also, workers are discouraged from searching in areas with strong competition from other job-seekers. However, as labor markets overlap, a local stimulus or transport improvements have modest effects on local outcomes, because ripple effects in job applications dilute their impact across a series of overlapping markets. (JEL J61, J64, R23, R58)

scholarly journals The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Dell ◽  
Benjamin Feigenberg ◽  
Kensuke Teshima
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Search Costs ◽  
Drug Trade ◽  
Local Labor Markets ◽  
Worker Displacement ◽  
Criminal Organizations

Mexican manufacturing job loss induced by competition with China increases cocaine trafficking and violence, particularly in municipalities with transnational criminal organizations. When it becomes more lucrative to traffic drugs because changes in local labor markets lower the opportunity cost of criminal employment, criminal organizations plausibly fight to gain control. The evidence supports a Becker-style model in which the elasticity between legitimate and criminal employment is particularly high where criminal organizations lower illicit job search costs, where the drug trade implies higher pecuniary returns to violent crime, and where unemployment disproportionately affects low-skilled men. (JEL F16, J24, J64, K42, L60, O15, R23)

scholarly journals The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jason Faberman ◽  
Marianna Kudlyak
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Search Models ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Job Application ◽  
Job Openings ◽  
Labor Search ◽  
Application Data ◽  
The Relationship

We use online job application data to study the relationship between search intensity and search duration. The data allow us to control for job seeker composition and the evolution of available job openings over the duration of search. We find that, within an individual search spell, search intensity declines continuously. We also find that longer-duration job seekers search more intensely throughout their search. They tend to be older, male, nonemployed, and live in areas with weaker labor markets. Our findings contradict standard assumptions of labor search models. We discuss how to reconcile the theory with our evidence. (JEL E24, J24, J63, J64)

Why Poor People Do Not Move: Job Search Behavior and Disequilibrium Amongst Local Labor Markets

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Clark ◽  
J Whiteman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Rational Behavior ◽  
Local Labor Markets ◽  
Job Search Behavior

A model of why people do not move between local labor markets is developed by means of a set of concepts derived from the job search and contracts literature. Emphasis is placed on how the environment, in which individuals behave, determines outcomes. It is argued that individuals act rationally, but that in a world of inequality rational behavior can reinforce disequilibrium and the perpetuation of spatial-economic inequality. A hypothetical example of two local labor markets is used to illustrate our argument.

Job-Search Behavior of the Unemployed: A Dynamic Perspective

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoli Song ◽  
Shu Hua Sun ◽  
Xian Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Issue ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Dynamic Perspective ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Unemployment is a major social issue in modern societies. Unemployed workers obtain reemployment mainly through their job-search activities. This chapter documents the literature on the uniqueness, antecedents, and outcomes of job-search behaviors of the unemployed. Because job-search behavior has recently been examined as a dynamic process, we summarize theoretical models, research designs, and analytical approaches in studying job-search dynamics, particularly with regard to unemployed job seekers. We further suggest conceptualizing and empirically examining job-search as behavioral episodes to enhance our understanding of job-search dynamics.

scholarly journals Utilizing Technology to Support and Extend Access to Students and Job Seekers during the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Berra
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
School Program ◽  
Online High School ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Virtual Services

The ongoing pandemic has necessitated a re-imagining of library services. The needs of our community changed and we set out to find ways to provide assistance to those who could benefit the most including students and the unemployed. The Pflugerville Public Library offered virtual learning support and job search assistance by providing electronic resources, virtual services and expanding access to technology. New resources include a platform offering virtual tutoring for students, virtual services like job search coaching, and scholarships for an online high school program for adults. Expanding access includes a partnership with the local school district to better connect students with our resources and providing expanded Wi-Fi availability and other tools like laptops. The combination of utilizing technology to address the current needs and expanding access to this technology has allowed us to better serve the community. Many of these changes will last beyond the pandemic.

scholarly journals Job search duration and wage expectations of the unemployed

POPULATION ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
Olga A. Kolennikova
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Job Search ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Reproductive Function ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Service ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
State Employment ◽  
The Unemployed

Unemployed people have different job opportunities. The article examines how job seekers form their wage expectations. The information base of the article was the data of a questionnaire survey of job seekers who applied for assistance to the Moscow State Employment Service, carried out in 2017. Two types of work remuneration settings of the unemployed were studied: first, the minimum wage offered by the employment service that they are ready to accept, and second, a decent wage. The wage expectations of the unemployed were studied in two ways. Firstly, the trajectory change over the duration of job search was examined. Secondly, the shifts were assessed with the account of the reproductive function of wage. It was found out that 2/3 of the respondents focused on the wages within the range from 1.5 to 3 of the official minimum wage, and as the search was dragging on, their expectations were concentrated in this range. The number of people looking for a well-paid job for more than a year decreased by 3 times in comparison with those who have just started job seeking. The contingent of the unemployed who agreed to low-paying jobs was characterized by a high mobility and changing qualitative composition. The factors affecting the changes in attitudes to wage were assessed. Low social benefits forced job-seekers to agree to unskilled labor or nonoccupational work, which led to depreciation of the wage expectations. Growing awareness of the situation on the labor market, controlled by the state employment service, also contributed to their correction. The unemployed, developing optimal job search strategies in the face of a shortage of vacancies with decent wages and rejections from employers, adjusted their expectations towards lower claims.

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