TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing advice to jobseekers at low cost
T2 - An experimental study on online advice
AU - Belot, Michèle
AU - Kircher, Philipp
AU - Muller, Paul
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process by providing tailored advice at lowcost.We invited jobseekers to our computer facilities for twelve consecutive weekly sessions to search for real jobs on our web interface. For one-half, instead of relying on their own search criteria, we use readily available labour market data to display relevant alternative occupations and associated jobs. The data indicate that this broadens the set of jobs they consider and increases their job interviews especially for participants who otherwise search narrowly and have been unemployed for a few months.
AB - We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process by providing tailored advice at lowcost.We invited jobseekers to our computer facilities for twelve consecutive weekly sessions to search for real jobs on our web interface. For one-half, instead of relying on their own search criteria, we use readily available labour market data to display relevant alternative occupations and associated jobs. The data indicate that this broadens the set of jobs they consider and increases their job interviews especially for participants who otherwise search narrowly and have been unemployed for a few months.
KW - Occupational breadth
KW - Online job search
KW - Search design
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U2 - 10.1093/restud/rdy059
DO - 10.1093/restud/rdy059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072408039
VL - 86
SP - 1411
EP - 1447
JO - Review of Economic Studies
JF - Review of Economic Studies
SN - 0034-6527
IS - 4
ER -
