On-the-Job Search in a Matching Model with Heterogenous Jobs and Workers
By Juan J. Dolado, M. Jansen, J. F. Jimeno. Social Science Research Network, 2003
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This paper considers a matching model with heterogeneous jobs (unskilled and skilled) and workers (low- and high-educated) which allows for on-the-job search by mismatched workers. The latter are high-educated workers who transitorily accept unskilled jobs and continue to search for skilled jobs. Our findings show that on-the-job search introduces an additional source of between- and within-group wage inequality. Furthermore, the higher quit rate of mismatched workers exerts a negative externality on unskilled jobs and weakens the labour market position of low-educated workers. This last feature changes the effects of skill-biased technological change and it alters the response of the labour market to shifts in the skill distribution.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Media Technology
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Citations in the corpus
- Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market (2011, unknown): “3 Although Smith and Welch’s review together with the increase in relative earnings of college graduates shortly after 1974 seem sufficient reasons to temper concern about overeducation, the overeducation literature was revitalized by the publication of Duncan and Hoffman’s paper “The Incidence and ”
- Overeducation at the Start of the Career: Stepping Stone or Trap? (2013, background): “Finally, while job search models show that it may be optimal to accept a lower position and to pursue on-the-job search (Dolado et al., 2009), it is doubtful whether the same search intensity can be maintained.”
- Cross-country differences in graduate overeducation (2013, background): “Besides, job search models predict that longer expected search durations urge job seekers to temporarily accept a simple job and to pursue their search on-the-job (Gautier, 2002; Dolado et al., 2009).”