Job Search Strategies and Unemployment Duration

Baumann, Isabel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39754-2_5

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“…This study contributes to the job search literature in two ways. First, the paper extends the literature that examines the job search intensity and the effectiveness of different job search channels on the reemployment transition rates of older unemployed (e.g., Baumann, 2016; Bernard, 2012; Homrighausen & Krug, 2016 and Thomsen & Wittich, 2010). The implicit assumption underlying these studies is that the decision to engage in job search by older unemployed does not play a role in reemployment success and only the intensity of job search and the choice of job search strategies have an influence on the employment outcome.…”

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Job search, transition to employment and discouragement among older unemployed welfare recipients in Germany

Nivorozhkin

2020

Soc Policy Adm

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This paper quantifies the importance of active job search for the probability of re‐employment, estimates the share of older job seekers that become discouraged and explore factors that may lead to discouragement. We use the sample of older unemployed welfare benefit recipients in Germany covered by the Panel Study “Labour Market and Social Security” (PASS). We find that employment transition rates are low for older job seekers: only around 11% found a job within a year. Participation in job search is an important but not a decisive factor for the transition to employment, other variables such education levels and health status are as important for the probability to transit to employment. Furthermore, more than 29.4% of individuals that did not find employment gave up the job search. We argue that a large share of these group of unemployed could be classified as discouraged. The job centre caseworkers' strategies specifically aimed at helping older job seekers to develop a new perspective in the labour market are likely to increase their probability of continuing to search for work.

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confidence: 75%