失业者求职行为的个体差异与时间变化：来自已申请职位的证据

中文摘要

本文使用丹麦全体失业保险领取者的职位申请数据，考察失业期间求职行为在个体之间以及随时间的变化。我们发现，个体之间申请职位的工资水平存在较大差异，但随着时间推移，所有个体均以相同方式下调工资。申请职位的工资随时间下降的幅度在描述性统计上较小，但在标准求职模型中具有重要的经济意义。在考察所申请职位的非工资特征以及寻找这些职位所使用的求职方法时，我们得到了相似的结果。本文讨论了这些发现对理论的启示。

Abstract

Using data on applied-for jobs for the universe of Danish UI recipients, we examine variation in job search behavior both across individuals and over time during unemployment spells. We find large differences in the level of applied-for wages across individuals but over time all individuals adjust wages downward in the same way. The decline in applied-for wages over time is descriptively small but economically important in standard models of job search. We find similar results when examining variation in the non-wage characteristics of applied-for jobs and in the search methods used to find them. We discuss implications for theory.