Gürtzgen, Nicole and Diegmann (ne Nolte), Andre and Pohlan, Laura and van den Berg, Gerard J. (2021) Do digital information technologies help unemployed job seekers find a job? Evidence from the broadband internet expansion in Germany. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 132: 103657. ISSN 0014-2921, 1873-572X
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This paper studies effects of the introduction of a new digital mass medium on reemployment of unemployed job seekers. We combine data on broadband internet availability at the local level with German individual register data. We address endogeneity by exploiting technological peculiarities that affected the roll-out of broadband internet. Results show that broadband internet improves reemployment rates after the first months in unemployment for males. Complementary analyses with survey data suggest that internet access mainly changes male job seekers' search behavior by increasing online search and the number of job applications. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Unemployment; Online job search; Information frictions; Matching technology; Search channels |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Arbeitsmarktforschung (Professor Dr. Nicole Gürtzgen) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2022 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 11:11 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46604 |
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