Job Matches and Mobility of High Wage Workers in an International Labor Market

Thomas Peeters and Jan C. van Ours
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Jan C. van Ours: Erasmus University Rotterdam

No 26-054/V, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: We examine worker-to-firm matching in a high-wage international labor market encompassing nine European countries. Employment matches are ranked along two key dimensions: worker productivity, defined by contributions to physical output, and firm productivity, measured by the ability to generate revenue from that physical output. We find a strong and significant positive rank correlation between these two measures, both within and across countries. This evidence of `positive assortative matching' suggests that labor market frictions do not prevent high-productivity workers from matching with high-productivity firms across Europe. Both workers' initial job placements and their subsequent mobility within countries and across countries reinforce this pattern.

JEL-codes: J24 J63 Z22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-08-06
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