that employer screening plays an important role in generating duration dependence; employers use the unemployment spell …This paper studies the role of employer behavior in generating "negative duration dependence" -- the adverse effect of … a longer unemployment spell -- by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings in 100 U.S. cities. Our results …

This paper studies the role of employer behavior in generating “negative duration dependence” - the adverse effect of a … longer unemployment spell - by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings in 100 U.S. cities. Our results indicate that … the likelihood of receiving a callback for an interview significantly decreases with the length of a worker's unemployment …

Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates' unemployment duration … mechanisms often related to the scarring effect of unemployment: general signalling theory, (perceived) skill loss, queuing … duration of unemployment on hiring intentions is mediated by the four theories. The lower hiring chances of the long …

Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates’ unemployment duration … mechanisms often related to the scarring effect of unemployment: general signalling theory, (perceived) skill loss, queuing … duration of unemployment on hiring intentions is mediated by the four theories. The lower hiring chances of the long …

that employer screening plays an important role in generating duration dependence; employers use the unemployment spell …This paper studies the role of employer behavior in generating "negative duration dependence" -- the adverse effect of … a longer unemployment spell -- by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings in 100 U.S. cities. Our results …