The paper shows how important it is to consider the requirement level when measuring mismatch unemployment. While the mismatch between occupations decreases over time, the imbalances in the distribution of unemployed workers and vacant jobs across requirement levels increased, which, in sum, led...

Using high-quality administrative data, I analyze workers' opportunity costs of reallocation across occupations by measuring the additional time spent in unemployment before being hired in a new occupation. Furthermore, I inspect the wage changes after reallocation and find that workers who...

This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the scope of mismatch in Germany in the past decade, using a comprehensive administrative data set that allows for disaggregation at the levels of industry, occupation and region. The findings suggest that regional mismatch did not play an...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft steckt seit über zwei Jahren in einer stagnativen Phase fest und eine Erholung lässt bislang auf sich warten. Mehr und mehr leidet darunter auch der Arbeitsmarkt. Der Kurzbericht gibt einen Ausblick auf die Entwicklung in den Jahren 2024 und 2025.

Zur Vorbereitung des Jahresgutachtens 2024/2025 des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung wurde das IAB um seine Expertise zur Einschätzung des Strukturwandels des deutschen Arbeitsmarkts unter Berücksichtigung von Veränderungen bei der...

This paper shows the evolution of mismatch unemployment over the period from 2007 to 2022 in Germany. A substantial part of mismatch unemployment results from a misallocation on the qualification level rather than on the occupational level. Taking the qualification level into account, an upward...

This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 Containment measures in Germany. We take the closure of economic sectors such as restaurants and retail as a treatment, which enables difference-in-difference estimation. Additionally considering input-output linkages...