Mismatch unemployment: evidence from Germany 2000-2010

Anja Bauer
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Anja Bauer: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201310, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "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 important role in explaining movements of aggregate unemployment. Across industries and occupations, there was a decrease in mismatch unemployment from over 5 percent to below 4 percent (on the highest disaggregation level), whereas the share of mismatch unemployment (across industries and occupations) within total unemployment remains almost unchanged between 2000 and 2010. The results provide no evidence that the Hartz reforms have substantially reduced mismatch, in line with the fact that reallocation across occupations appears not to have been eased." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Berufsgruppe; friktionelle Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitslosigkeitsentwicklung; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; mismatch; offene Stellen; regionale Verteilung; sektorale Verteilung; strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit; Sucharbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitslosenquote; Wirtschaftszweige; 2000-2010 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2013
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