Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/65912
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2010-09
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
The job search literature suggests that an increase in the proportion of job seekers who are employed reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is little evidence indicating that employed and unemployed job seekers have similar observed characteristics or that they apply for the same jobs. We use the British Labour Force Survey to compare employed and unemployed job seekers, and find differences in their individual characteristics, preferences over working hours, and job search strategies which do not vary with the business cycle. We conclude that unemployed people do not directly compete with employed job seekers.
Subjects: 
on-the-job search
unemployment
job competition
JEL: 
J29
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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