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Jobless and burnt out: digital inequality and online access to the labor market

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  • De Marco, Stefano
  • Dumont, Guillaume
  • Helsper, Ellen
  • Díaz-Guerra, Alejandro
  • Antino, Mirko
  • Rodríguez-Muñoz, Alfredo
  • Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis

Abstract

This article examines how inequalities in digital skills shape the outcomes of online job‐seeking processes. Building on a representative survey of Spanish job seekers, we show that people with high digital skill levels have a greater probability of securing a job online, because of their ability to create a coherent profile and make their application visible. Additionally, it is less probable that they will experience burnout during this process than job seekers with low digital skill levels. Given the concentration of digital skills amongst people with high levels of material and digital resources, we conclude that the internet enforces existing material and health inequalities.

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  • De Marco, Stefano & Dumont, Guillaume & Helsper, Ellen & Díaz-Guerra, Alejandro & Antino, Mirko & Rodríguez-Muñoz, Alfredo & Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis, 2023. "Jobless and burnt out: digital inequality and online access to the labor market," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 120497, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    Keywords

    burnout; digital exclusion; digital inequality; digital skills; online job-seeking; Spain; online job‐seeking; Research support (LSE library); RTI2018‐ 098967‐A‐I00; Internal fund;
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    JEL classification:

    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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