Job Search, Gender, and the Quality of Employment in Israel

Data from the 1982 & 1989 Israeli Labor Force Surveys (total N = 1,467 adult respondents) examine the effectiveness of job search methods in finding employment, both in time of economic growth & decline. Clifford C. Clogg & Teresa A. Sullivan's labor utilization framework (1983 [see abstract 8402137]) is drawn on to consider not only the kind of employment, but the quality of the job accepted. Findings reinforce the distinction between good & bad jobs & show that different search methods lead to different outcomes in terms of employment quality. Results also document gender differences both in use of the various methods & in their outcomes. Further, findings emphasize the impact of economic market conditions on the operation of the job search mechanism. In 1989, a time of economic recession, most job search methods did not influence the probability to get a job in general & move into adequate employment in particular. 4 Tables, 34 References. Adapted from the source document.