Tag
search_effort
3 findings
Labour & employmentSobering Belief ShockMarket exposure reduced worker reservation wages by 6.6% (p < 0.10) and wage mismatch by 4.2% (p < 0.10), while increasing job board visits by 3.01 visits (p < 0.05); treated firms increased professional vacancy advertising by 12 percentage points (p < 0.01) and job board recruitment by 9.6 percentage points (p < 0.05).RCTLabour & employmentSuboptimally Low Search EffortReducing initiation costs increased application volume 7-fold and interview volume 7-fold without reducing interview yields per application (p = 0.647) or creating crowd-out on control applicants (p = 0.589), demonstrating that baseline job search effort is suboptimally low due to initiation frictions.RCTLabour & employmentThree-Channel Search Effort DisaggregationControl vacancies received 3.588 caseworker matches, 1.102 firm-initiated candidate searches, and 6.862 organic jobseeker applications; treatment reduced firm search effort by 0.841 matches (p < 0.01) and organic jobseeker applications by 2.670 (p < 0.01).RCT