Search Results - subject:"Occupational mismatch"

Ranking occupations by their proximity to workers' profiles

Bächli, Mirjam; Benghalem, Hélène; Tinello, Doriana; … - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 160 (2024) 1, pp. 1-17

Information friction makes it difficult for job seekers to find new employment opportunities. We propose a method for providing individual-specific occupation recommendations by ranking occupations based on their proximity to the worker's profile. We identify a set of twelve skills, abilities...

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Mismatch in the 21st Century : an overview

Coraggio, Luca; Langella, Monica; Miano, Armando; … - 2024

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Native-born-immigrant wage gap revisited: The role of market imperfections in Canada

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul A. - 2022

Most studies investigating the poor earnings performance of immigrants implicitly assume that human capital endowments determine actual earnings, and that immigrant-nativeborn wage gaps can be analyzed in terms of those earnings. In this study we claim that this assumption is not validated by...

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The Magnitude and Predictors of Overeducation and Overskilling in Latin America: Evidence from PIAAC

Castro, Juan Francisco; Ortega, Lorena; Yamada, Gustavo; … - 2022

Occupational mismatch, defined as a discrepancy between workers' qualifications or skills and those required by their …

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Native-born-immigrant wage gap revisited : the role of market imperfections in Canada

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul A. - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474846

The magnitude and predictors of overeducation and overskilling in Latin America : evidence from PIAAC

Castro, Juan Francisco; Ortega, Lorena; Yamada, Gustavo; … - 2022

Occupational mismatch, defined as a discrepancy between workers' qualifications or skills and those required by their …

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Immigration, social networks, and occupational mismatch

Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019

probability of occupational mismatch in the new job. Our specific focus is on differences between native and immigrant workers. We … with the highest rate of occupational mismatch among all channels in Germany. We combine these findings and use them to … referral hiring produce more frequent occupational mismatch of the immigrant population compared to natives. We test this …

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Immigration, social networks and occupational mismatch

Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019

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Asymmetric information and the discount on foreign-acquired degrees in Canada

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul A. - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 10 (2019) 1, pp. 1-22

A growing wage gap between immigrant and native-born workers is well documented and is a fundamental policy issue in Canada. It is quite possible that wage differences, commonly attributed to the lower quality of foreign credentials or the deficiency in the accreditation of these credentials,...

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Immigration, social networks, and occupational mismatch

Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019

probability of occupational mismatch in the new job. Our speciﬁc focus is on differences between native and immigrant workers. We … with the highest rate of occupational mismatch among all channels in Germany. We combine these ﬁndings and use them to … referral hiring produce more frequent occupational mismatch of the immigrant population compared to natives. We test this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007171