 Non-cognitive mismatch and occupational switchingStephen DeLoach (), Mark Kurt and Rebecca Sansale Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2022, vol. 97, issue C Abstract: The process by which workers and firms establish positive assortative matches is complicated by the multidimensional nature of occupational requirements and worker skills and traits. This is especially important for young adult workers because early career mismatch is known to have long-term impacts on labor market outcomes. This paper extends recent research on multidimensional mismatch to look more closely at the role of non-cognitive mismatch on occupational switching. We do this by using data on the ‘Big Five’ personality traits available in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Fixed effects estimates show that the responsiveness of occupational switching to non-cognitive mismatch appears to be at least as large as that for cognitive skill mismatch. Despite their responsiveness, workers appear to have more success improving their cognitive match than their non-cognitive match. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:soceco:v:97:y:2022:i:c:s2214804322000222 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2022.101846 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) is currently edited by Pablo Brañas Garza More articles in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) from Elsevier |
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