Roshchin S.Y., Markova K.V. Choice among Different Job Search Channels: The Evidence from Russian Labor Market. - Moscow: EERC, 2004. - 46 p.

This paper employs the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey to carry out the empirical analysis of the job search channels choice on the Russian labor market from 1994 till 2001. The econometric estimations of the job search channels choice are based on the modified model of job search with build-in budget and time constraints as model parameters. In this paper the typology of search strategies is represented. Within the framework of the research it has been also investigated how differently socio-demographic and economic parameters influence the search strategy choice. As well we have studied the search intensity, i.e. the choice of the number of the job search channels. The results obtained confirm that occupation, budget constraints, demographic and ethnic characteristics, period of nonemployment and local labor market characteristics influence significantly the search channels choice. Dependence of the job search efficiency on the selected search strategy is also represented in the paper. Upon the results of the research we came to conclusion that the strategies including the use of social networks or the large number of channels have the greatest efficiency.

JEL Classification: J64


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