Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: Sorting into cities for better careers

Suzanne Kok

No 247, CPB Discussion Paper from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Abstract: Matches between workers and jobs are better in thick labour markets than in thin ones. This CPB Discussion Paper measures match quality by the gap between worker skills and their job tasks in the Netherlands. The smaller the gap, the better the match between skills and tasks. The measured gaps are 14 percent of a standard deviation smaller in cities than in the Dutch countryside. The location of work explains the observed higher quality of matches, while the location of residence does not. Robustness analyses show that these results are not explained by more efficient learning in cities or the spatial distribution of industrial and service occupations. Higher matching quality is associated with higher wages and explains part of the urban wage premia.

JEL-codes: J23 J24 R12 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06
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