Mihm, Benedikt; Bransch, Felix; Malik, Samreen - 2023
On-the-job search is increasingly recognized as an important potential driver of labor market dynamics over the … business cycle. Using the UK Labor Force Survey, we find robust empirical evidence that on-the-job search is countercyclical … pattern is not explained by precautionary search motives, but rather appears to be driven by job-ladder motivated searches …