PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hans G. Bloemen
TI  - Job Search, Search Intensity, and Labor Market Transitions
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XL.1.232
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 232--269
VI  - XL
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/232.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/232.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2005 Jan 01; XL
AB  - In this paper we present an empirical structural job search model with endogenously determined search intensity. The model describes both the behaviour of unemployed job seekers and on-the-job search. We use data on various indicators for the intensity of search to study the influence of the intensity of search on labour market transitions. The estimation results give us insight in the effectiveness of search. The impact of the benefit level on the search intensity of unemployed job seekers is quantified. Moreover, the estimation results are used to gain insight in the ‘discouraged worker’ effect.