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Working Papers
Does Internet Job Search Result in Better Matches? (Job Market Paper)
The paper documents evidence of improved match quality in the presence of internet induced information efficiency. Drawing from previous research, tenure is used as a proxy for match quality. Impact of the internet on exit rate from employment is estimated using the Meyer (1990) and the Hausman and Woutersen (2014) proportional hazards model. A conservative estimate shows that exit rates are lowered by at least 28% when the internet is used as a job search tool. Multiple robustness tests indicate consistency of the estimate.
Scarring Effects of Unemployment: A Quantile Approach
The paper measures the wage difference between workers who were previously unemployed and workers who have not had a recent spell of unemployment. The Machado-Mata (2005) quantile decomposition methodology is employed to decompose the wage difference between the two groups of workers. Results indicate that for male workers, almost the entire wage difference in the higher quantiles cannot be explained using observable characteristics.
Research In Progress
Primary School Enrollment in India (with Rishabh Sinha)
Using large sample extensive data from the Indian Household Development Survey, we isolate the relative importance of the different factors governing low levels of primary school enrollment in India.
Does Internet Job Search Result in Better Matches? (Job Market Paper)
The paper documents evidence of improved match quality in the presence of internet induced information efficiency. Drawing from previous research, tenure is used as a proxy for match quality. Impact of the internet on exit rate from employment is estimated using the Meyer (1990) and the Hausman and Woutersen (2014) proportional hazards model. A conservative estimate shows that exit rates are lowered by at least 28% when the internet is used as a job search tool. Multiple robustness tests indicate consistency of the estimate.
Scarring Effects of Unemployment: A Quantile Approach
The paper measures the wage difference between workers who were previously unemployed and workers who have not had a recent spell of unemployment. The Machado-Mata (2005) quantile decomposition methodology is employed to decompose the wage difference between the two groups of workers. Results indicate that for male workers, almost the entire wage difference in the higher quantiles cannot be explained using observable characteristics.
Research In Progress
Primary School Enrollment in India (with Rishabh Sinha)
Using large sample extensive data from the Indian Household Development Survey, we isolate the relative importance of the different factors governing low levels of primary school enrollment in India.