Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models

Merkl, Christian; Rens, Thijs van

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“…The matching of applicants to vacancies is thus a two‐sided process that operates in a competitive environment, with firms competing for candidates and candidates competing for positions (Barron et al., 1985; Merkl & van Rens, 2012). In this competitive search framework, three key considerations about supply interact to provide important insights about the hiring process.…”

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Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring

James¹,

Kraft

Papay

2023

J Policy Anal Manage

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We explore the dynamics of competitive search in the K–12 public education sector. Using detailed panel data on teacher hiring from Boston Public Schools, we document how teacher labor supply varies substantially across vacancies even within a single district depending on position type, school characteristics, and the timing of job postings. We find that early‐posted positions are more likely to be filled and end up securing new hires that are better qualified, more effective, and more likely to remain at a school. In contrast, the number of applicants to a position is largely unassociated with hire quality, suggesting that schools may struggle to identify and select the best candidates even when there is a large pool of qualified applicants. These patterns persist even when we restrict comparisons to only positions within an individual school using school fixed effects. Our findings point to substantial unrealized potential for improving teacher hiring.

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Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring

James¹,

Kraft

Papay

2023

J Policy Anal Manage

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Effect of labor market policies on unemployment when firms adapt their recruitment strategy

Sengul

2017

Economic Modelling

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Revisiting the matching function

Kohlbrecher

Merkl

Nordmeier

2016

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

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Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models

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Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring

Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring

Effect of labor market policies on unemployment when firms adapt their recruitment strategy

Revisiting the matching function

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