TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bhuller, Manudeep
AU  - Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal
AU  - Vigtel, Trond Christian
        TI  - How Broadband Internet Affects Labor Market Matching
        PY  - 2020/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12895
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12895
        AB  - How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi-experimental variation in internet use. This paper helps fill this gap using plausibly exogenous roll-out of broadband infrastructure in Norway, and comprehensive data on recruiters, vacancies and job seekers. We document that broadband expansions increased online vacancy-postings and lowered the average duration of a vacancy and the share of establishments with unfilled vacancies. These changes led to higher job-finding rates and starting wages and more stable employment relationships after an unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth.
        KW  - unemployment
KW  - information
KW  - job search
KW  - matching
        ER  -