Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mathematical methods -- The history and evolution of sequential analysis -- The basic sequential search model and its ramifications -- Estimation methods for duration models -- Unemployment, unemployment insurance and sequential job search -- Job search in a dynamic economy -- Expected utility maximizing job search -- Multi-armed bandits and their economic applications -- A sample of early response to Diamond's paradox and Rothschild's complaint -- Equilibrium search after the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides breakthrough -- Structural estimation methods -- The ubiquity of search -- Topics for further inquiry.

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