Cheap search, picky workers? Evidence from a field experiment
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- Harald Mayr, 2022. "Cheap search, picky workers? Evidence from a field experiment," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(4), pages 2079-2087.
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Keywords
Job search; search costs; search frictions; recruiting; reservation wage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2022-03-07 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2022-03-07 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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