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Recruitment Policies, Job-Filling Rates and Matching Efficiency

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  • Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos

    (University of Essex)

  • Gartner, Hermann

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg)

  • Kaas, Leo

    (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Abstract

Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search effort, lower hiring standards and more generous wages. To analyze the mechanisms behind these patterns, we develop a directed search model in which firms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model points to an important role of hiring standards for matching efficiency and for the impact of labor market policy, whereas search effort and wage policies play only a minor role.

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  • Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos & Gartner, Hermann & Kaas, Leo, 2020. "Recruitment Policies, Job-Filling Rates and Matching Efficiency," IZA Discussion Papers 13240, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    vacancies; recruitment; labor market matching;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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