Arbeitspapier

How broadband internet affects labor market matching

How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi-experimental variation in internet use. This paper helps fill this gap using plausibly exogenous roll-out of broadband infrastructure in Norway, and comprehensive data on recruiters, vacancies and job seekers. We document that broadband expansions increased online vacancy-postings and lowered the average duration of a vacancy and the share of establishments with unfilled vacancies. These changes led to higher job-finding rates and starting wages and more stable employment relationships after an unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Memorandum ; No. 10/2019

Classification
Wirtschaft
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Subject
Unemployment
Information
Job Search
Matching

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bhuller, Manudeep
Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal
Vigtel, Trond C.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Oslo, Department of Economics
(where)
Oslo
(when)
2019

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bhuller, Manudeep
  • Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal
  • Vigtel, Trond C.
  • University of Oslo, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2019

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