Does Searching Broader Improve Job Prospects? - Evidence from variations of online search. -厦门大学金融系

Does Searching Broader Improve Job Prospects? - Evidence from variations of online search.
主讲人 Michèle Belot 简介 <p>Abstract: We investigate experimentally the effects of a web-based information intervention on employment prospects. We invited 300 job seekers to search for jobs in our computer facilities at the University of Edinburgh for 12 consecutive weekly sessions. They searched for real jobs using our web interface. After 3 weeks, we introduced a manipulation of the interface for half of the sample. The manipulation consisted of providing suggestions of alternative occupations to consider, based on the profile of the job seeker. These suggestions were made using background information from readily available labour market transitions data. We find that such an intervention affects job search behaviour. For job seekers who are searching relatively narrowly, the intervention broadens their search and significantly improves their job interviews. This applies especially to those with several months of unemployment duration.</p>
时间 2015-05-12(星期二)18:15-19:30 地点 N118 经济楼/Economics Building
讲座语言 English 主办单位 WISE-SOE
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联系人信息 主持人 Jiaming Mao
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主讲人简介 <p><span style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left; font: 13px/15px arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; widows: 1; display: inline !important; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Mich&egrave;le Belot is Professor of Economics and Director of BLUE, the Behavioural Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u><span style="color: #3366ff"><a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/economics/people/academic-staff/prof-michele-belot">Prof. Mich&egrave;le Belot's homepage</a></span></u></p> 期数 "WISE-IZA" Seminar Series No. 120 (No.7 of 2015 Spring)
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