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Peter J. Kuhn

University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Topic spokesperson

Expertise

Personnel economics, Gender and labor markets, Internet job search and matching

Country

United States

Languages

English - Native speaker

Media experience

Print, Digital, Radio

Email

Peter.kuhn@ucsb.edu

Phone

1 8057290054

Current position

Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Website

https://sites.google.com/view/peter-kuhn/home?pli=1

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant to Industry Canada, and to Human Resources and Skill Development Canada

Past positions

Professor of Economics, McMaster University; Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Harvard University, 1983

Selected publications

  • “Gender discrimination in job ads: Evidence from China.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 128:1 (2013): 287-336 (with K. Shen).

  • “The effects of lottery prizes on winners and their neighbors: Evidence from the Dutch postcode lottery.” American Economic Review 101:5 (2011): 2226-2247 (with P. Kooreman, A. Soetevent, and A. Kapteyn).

  • “Internet job search and unemployment durations.” American Economic Review 94:1 (2004): 218–232 (with M. Skuterud).

  • “Leadership skills and wages.” Journal of Labor Economics 23:3 (2005): 395–436 (with C. Weinberger).

  • “A theory of holdouts in wage bargaining.” American Economic Review 88 (June 1998): 428–449 (with W. Gu).

article(s)

  • The internet as a labor market matchmaker

    How effective are online methods of worker recruitment and job search?

    Peter J. Kuhn, May 2014
    Since the internet’s earliest days, firms and workers have used various online methods to advertise and find jobs. Until recently there has been little evidence that any internet-based tool has had a measurable effect on job search or recruitment outcomes. However, recent studies, and the growing use of social networking as a business tool, suggest workers and firms are at last developing ways to use the internet as an effective matchmaking tool. In addition, job boards are also emerging as important for the statistical study of labor markets, yielding useful data for firms, workers, and policymakers.
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