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While the Internet has been found to reduce trading frictions in a number of other markets, existing research has … found that Internet job search (IJS) was associated with longer unemployment durations in 1998/2000 – using comparable data … about 25 percent. This finding is robust to controls for workers' AFQT scores and detailed indicators of Internet access …
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Can having more education than a job requires reduce one's chances of being offered the job? We study this question in a sample of applications to jobs that are posted on an urban Chinese website. We find that being overqualified in this way does not reduce the success rates of...
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This paper examines how the Internet has impacted job search behavior. Examining those who use the Internet for job … has become more extensive. Furthermore, the Internet has led to reallocation of effort among various job search activities …
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We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006 …-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During … this period, household access to the internet was almost completely dependent on connection to a particular technology (DSL …
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The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, interconnected using bilaterally negotiated data … there is no visible short run consequence of the GDPR at the internet layer.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working …
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. We combine data on high-speed (broadband) internet availability at the local level with individual register data on the …-out of high-speed internet. The results show that high-speed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months of …
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. The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening? I …
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … technology by adopting broadband internet. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and provides … comparison, broadband internet is a substitute for workers without high school diploma, lowering their marginal productivity …
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observe $39 billion of total revenue in Internet access in 2006, with broadband accounting for $28 billion of this total … surplus, which is not measured via Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An Internet-access Consumer Price Index (CPI) would have to …
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