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Working Paper
The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration
We use micro data on applications to job openings by individuals on a job search website to study the relationship between search intensity and search duration. Our data allow us to control for several factors that can affect the measured relationship between intensity and duration, including the composition of job seekers and changes in the number of available job openings over the duration of search. We find that a job seeker sends fewer applications per week as search continues. We also find that job seekers who search on the website longer tend to send more applications in every period. ...
Journal Article
The Evolution of Job Applications and Job-Finding Rates since the 1980s
The number of monthly job applications has increased since the 1980s, but the job-finding rates have not.