Do Big Cities Help College Graduates Find Better Jobs?

Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz

No 20130520, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: Although the unemployment rate of workers with a college degree has remained well below average since the Great Recession, there is growing concern that college graduates are increasingly underemployed?that is, working in a job that does not require a college degree or the skills acquired through their chosen field of study. Our recent New York Fed staff report indicates that one important factor affecting the ability of workers to find jobs that match their skills is where they look for a job. In particular, we show that looking for a job in big cities, which have larger and thicker local labor markets (that is, bigger markets with many buyers and sellers), can give workers a better chance to find a job that fits their skills.

Keywords: agglomeration; underemployment; labor market matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J00 Q1 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-05-20
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