Job matching across occupational labour markets

Michael Stops

No 201227, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "This paper refers to an analysis of matching processes in occupational labour markets in terms of classes of jobs that share extensive commonalities in their required qualifications and tasks. To date, all studies in this field have been based on the assumption of separate occupational labour markets. This assumption suggests that job search and matching processes only transpire within distinct occupational labour markets and that no occupational changes occur. I present theoretical and empirical arguments that undermine the validity of this assumption. Moreover, I construct an 'occupational' typology based on information about the ways in which occupational groups may be seen as alternatives in searches for jobs or workers respectively. I then use pooled ordinary least squares, fixed effects, and pooled mean-group models that consider cross-sectional dependency lags for regressors to test the hypothesis that job search and matching occur across occupational labour markets. In particular, I find significant and positive matching elasticities with respect to the averaged numbers of unemployed workers and vacancies in similar occupational groups; these results clearly support my hypothesis. Furthermore, there are indications that returns to scale that are derived from the results of the pooled mean-group model are constant. The findings of this study strongly suggest the use of an augmented matching function that considers job and worker searches across occupational labour markets." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Stichprobe der Integrierten Arbeitsmarktbiografien (SIAB); berufliche Mobilität; Berufsfelder; Berufsgruppe; Berufswechsel; matching; Modell; offene Stellen; Personalbeschaffung; Personaleinstellung; Arbeitslose; Arbeitsmarktsegmentation; Arbeitsplatzwahl; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; Arbeitsuche; 1975-2008 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 J44 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2012
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Published in/as: Oxford Economic Papers, Online First (2014), 19 S., doi:10.1093/oep/gpu018

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