The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job …. However, there is little evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We compare … employed and unemployed job seekers in terms of their individual characteristics, preferences over working hours, job …

probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is little evidence indicating that employed and unemployed job … compare employed and unemployed job seekers, and find differences in their individual characteristics, preferences over … working hours, and job search strategies which do not vary with the business cycle. We conclude that unemployed people do not …

We use the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to analyse whether employed and unemployed job seekers are substitutes … by comparing their individual characteristics and past (un)employment and job histories. Since the BHPS does not directly … heterogeneity we find important differences between employed and unemployed job seekers, both in their qualification levels and past …

We use data from the Labour Force Survey to show that employed and unemployed job seekers in Great Britain originate … previous occupation, while unemployed job seekers are most likely to move to lower paying occupations. Employed and unemployed …. -- on-the-job search ; unemployment ; occupations …

This paper analyses differences between unemployed and employed job seekers in job finding rates and in the quality of … the job found. Compared to the unemployed, employed job seekers have a smaller pool of job offers that they consider … heterogeneity and selection into accepting a job are accounted for. Hence, differences are mostly due to behaviour of unemployed …

The wage curve literature consistently finds a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and regional … wages; the most widely accepted theoretical explanations interpret the unemployment rate as a measure of job competition …. This paper proposes new ways of measuring job competition, alternative to the unemployment rate, and finds that the …

-taken to support the hypothesis that high rates of homeownership lead to high unemploy-ment via increases in the reservation …

The persistence of high unemployment has been one of the most puzzling developments of the past twenty years or so. In … the UK, unemployment averaged 2.1% between 1966 and 1973, and since 1974 it has risen to an average of 7.5%. The … prevailing view of the persistence of unemployment and of the continuous rise in the NAIRU is that explanations and solutions can …