Some Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Job Matching in Urban Labor Markets

Yankow, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1007/s11294-009-9206-y

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“…This is in contrast to studies linking urbanity to positive chances (Yankow, 2009) and in line with our reasoning that low-educated workers suffer from more competition. However, this effect is significant at only the 10% level when a nonnative measure is used.…”

Section: Labor Market Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Low-educated workers can benefit from a higher abundance o f better jobs and consumption effects. (H ensen et al, 2009;Yankow, 2009). However, w ith respect to the low educated, w e m ight question w hether they are also better o ff in urban areas, since m ore com petition m ay be experienced when the higher educated are attracted to the bigger cities and take the best jobs.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Underqualification as an Opportunity for Low-Educated Workers

Hamersma

Edzes

Dijk

2015

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Improving the labor market position of low-educated workers is one of the most im portant goals of regional labor market policy. Underqualification, meaning holding a job at a higher level than expected based on one's formal education, can be-under certain conditions-a favorable position from both an individual and a policy perspective. In this study we used repeated cross-sections of data about Dutch workers from 1996 to 2006 to relate the chances of underqualification to personal, firm, and labor market characteristics. Briefly we found that, for low-educated workers, firm and personal characteristics are more important than regional characteristics in explaining underqualification. Higher regional unemployment rates lower the chances of being underqualified. Working in smaller firms or firms with many high-skilled jobs has a strong positive effect on the chances of attaining higher level jobs, while working in firms with many highly educated workers lowers these chances. Women and nonnatives are less often underqualified, whereas older workers are more often underqualified. Gaining more insight into the determinants of underqualification is important for developing more effective policy measures that aim to improve the labor market position of the most vulnerable groups in the labor market.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Underqualification as an Opportunity for Low-Educated Workers

Hamersma

Edzes

Dijk

2015

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…On one hand, job search is more likely to pay off in urban areas, as there are more developed labor markets in which it is more likely that there are a lot of good high return jobs that are worth searching for. On the other hand, costs of search are lower in urban labor markets due to the high density of employers and lower transportation costs [13], [23]- [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unemployed people, in their prime work age, males or females, are expected to be most active in job search [13]. However, it is worth mentioning that the odds of doing a job search for females (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39) are ceteris paribus 3.6 times as likely as for females (40+), while the odds of doing a job search for female unemployed youth (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) are ceteris paribus 2.1 times as likely as for females (40+). Young females are less active than females (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39).…”

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Job Search Propensity of Unemployed Women in an Era of Transition: A Case Study of Egypt

Abdel-Mowla¹

2011

IJTEF

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The present study evaluates changes in unemployed women's job search propensity (1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006), to examine the effect of transition towards a market-oriented economy away from the public sector employment guarantee, on their propensity to search for jobs. The study examines determinants of job search propensity of unemployed women in Egypt, focusing on young unemployed women. The results point out that women have less job search propensity than men. The gender gap is wider excluding registration with public employment offices from job search methods used. Females are still mainly dependent on the government to find a job. Analyzing determinants of women's job search propensity reveals significant effect of personal, household characteristics and labor market conditions. There is an inverse U-shaped relation between age and female's job search propensity. Education and previous work experience positively affect women' job search. Women living in households with high dependency ratio and those living in areas with high unemployment rates have higher job search propensity. Young women who constitute the vast majority of unemployed women in Egypt are found to be the least active in job search. Examining determinants of young women's job search propensity, the results show that excluding registering with public employment offices from search methods used, education does not have a significant effect on young women's job search propensity, which is an important alarming sign. Household characteristics have similar effects on both all unemployed and young unemployed women, except for marital status. Improving job quality in the private sector and providing institutional support to women within their job search is needed to increase women's job search propensity.

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“…These empirical studies have found that larger and thicker urban labor markets enhance worker productivity by allowing for a greater specialization of professional activities (Baumgardner, 1988;Garicano and Hubbard, 2007); helping to solve dual-career problems (Costa and Kahn, 2000); facilitating more assortative matching between workers and firms (Andersson, Burgess, and Lane, 2007); improving the efficiency of job search (Yankow, 2009;Di Addario, 2011), and reducing labor market churn (Wheeler, 2008;Bleakley and Lin, 2012). While this work has improved our understanding of the benefits of urban agglomeration, the empirical evidence surrounding job matching as a source of urban agglomeration economies remains, so far, largely indirect in nature.…”

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Agglomeration and Job Matching among College Graduates

Abel

Deitz

2012

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractWe study one potential source of urban agglomeration economies: better job matching.Focusing on college graduates, we construct two direct measures of job matching based on how well an individual's job corresponds to his or her college education. Consistent with matching-based theories of urban agglomeration, we find evidence that larger and thicker local labor markets help college graduates find better jobs by increasing both the likelihood and quality of a match. We then assess the extent to which better job matching of college-educated workers increases individual-level wages and thereby contributes to the urban wage premium. While we find that college graduates with better job matches do indeed earn higher wages on average, the contribution of such job matching to aggregate urban productivity appears to be relatively modest.

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Some Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Job Matching in Urban Labor Markets

Abstract: Job search, Job matching, Urban labor markets, Coordination hypothesis, J0, J62, R0, R23,

Cited by 6 publications

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Underqualification as an Opportunity for Low-Educated Workers

Underqualification as an Opportunity for Low-Educated Workers

Job Search Propensity of Unemployed Women in an Era of Transition: A Case Study of Egypt

Agglomeration and Job Matching among College Graduates

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