Mismatch Cycles

Robert Ulbricht, Ana Figueiredo and Isaac Baley

No 1151, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: This paper studies the cyclical dynamics of skill mismatch and quantifies its impact on labor productivity. We build a tractable directed search model, in which workers differ in skills along multiple dimensions and sort into jobs with heterogeneous skill requirements. Skill mismatch arises due to information frictions and is prolonged by search frictions. Estimated to the U.S., the model replicates salient business cycle properties of mismatch. Job transitions in and out of bottom job rungs, combined with career mobility, are key to account for the empirical fit. The model provides a novel narrative for the scarring effect of unemployment.

Keywords: Business cycles; cleansing; learning about skills; multidimensional sorting; scarring effect of unemployment; search-and-matching; skill mismatch; sullying (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 J24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-02
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