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Autori principali: Verónica Escudero (Author), Hannah Liepmann (Author), Damián Vergara (Author)
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Pubblicazione: International Labour Organization 2025
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author Verónica Escudero (Author)
Hannah Liepmann (Author)
Damián Vergara (Author)
author_facet Verónica Escudero (Author)
Hannah Liepmann (Author)
Damián Vergara (Author)
Verónica Escudero (Author)
Hannah Liepmann (Author)
Damián Vergara (Author)
contents Directed search, wages, and non-wage amenities: evidence from an online job board Verónica Escudero (Author) Hannah Liepmann (Author) Damián Vergara (Author) We leverage rich data from a prominent online job board in Uruguay to assess directed search patterns in job applications, focusing on posted wages and advertised non-wage amenities. We find robust evidence of directed search based on posted wages in the cross-section, with stark heterogeneity by occupation: the wage-application correlation is driven by vacancies attached to lower-skill occupations, with applications to vacancies attached to higher-skill occupations showing no responsiveness to posted wages. By applying text analysis to the job ads, we elicit advertised non-wage amenities and find evidence of directed search based on non-wage amenities. Applications to vacancies attached to lower-skill occupations are consistent with lexicographic application preferences: amenities predict applications to these vacancies only when wages are not posted. Finally, we exploit industry-by-occupation minimum wage variation to demonstrate that the observed occupational heterogeneity in directed search patterns is supported by quasi-experimental difference-in-differences estimates of the impact of wages on job applications. ILO working paper, 136, ILO 10.54394/YWML9238 DOI https://doi.org/10.54394/YWML9238; ISBN 9789220413920 publication.encyclopediaEntry
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spellingShingle Directed search, wages, and non-wage amenities: evidence from an online job board
Verónica Escudero (Author)
Hannah Liepmann (Author)
Damián Vergara (Author)
Directed search, wages, and non-wage amenities: evidence from an online job board Verónica Escudero (Author) Hannah Liepmann (Author) Damián Vergara (Author) We leverage rich data from a prominent online job board in Uruguay to assess directed search patterns in job applications, focusing on posted wages and advertised non-wage amenities. We find robust evidence of directed search based on posted wages in the cross-section, with stark heterogeneity by occupation: the wage-application correlation is driven by vacancies attached to lower-skill occupations, with applications to vacancies attached to higher-skill occupations showing no responsiveness to posted wages. By applying text analysis to the job ads, we elicit advertised non-wage amenities and find evidence of directed search based on non-wage amenities. Applications to vacancies attached to lower-skill occupations are consistent with lexicographic application preferences: amenities predict applications to these vacancies only when wages are not posted. Finally, we exploit industry-by-occupation minimum wage variation to demonstrate that the observed occupational heterogeneity in directed search patterns is supported by quasi-experimental difference-in-differences estimates of the impact of wages on job applications. ILO working paper, 136, ILO 10.54394/YWML9238 DOI https://doi.org/10.54394/YWML9238; ISBN 9789220413920 publication.encyclopediaEntry
title Directed search, wages, and non-wage amenities: evidence from an online job board
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/Directed-search-wages-and-non-wage-amenities/995644832702676