Output Costs of Education and Skill Mismatch
Pietro Garibaldi,
Pedro Gomes and
Thepthida Sopraseuth
No 12974, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Abstract:
We propose a simple theory of under- and over-employment. Individuals of high type can perform both skilled and unskilled jobs, but only a fraction of low-type workers can perform skilled jobs. People have different non-pecuniary values over these jobs, akin to a Roy model. We calibrate two versions of the model to match moments of 17 OECD economies, considering separately education and skills mismatch. The cost of mismatch is 3% of output on average but varies between -1% to 9% across countries. The key variable that explains the output cost of mismatch is not the percentage of mismatched workers but their wage relative to well-matched workers.
Keywords: education mismatch; skill mismatch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2020-02
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