Job Search and Information Costs: Impact on Unemployment Rates

The Effect of Costly Information Acquisition and Job Search on Unemployment

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In a situation where information is costly to acquire and individuals must spend time searching for jobs, which type of unemployment will result?

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Frictional unemployment is due to constant changes in the economy that prevent qualified unemployed workers from being immediately matched up with existing job opening. It results from the scarcity of information and the search activities of both employers and employees for information that will help them make better employment choices.