Mismatch of Talent: Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility

Mismatch of Talent : Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility

Fredriksson, Peter (author): Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden;IZA, Bonn, Germany

Hensvik, Lena, 1981- (author): Uppsala universitet,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU),UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden; CESifo, Uppsala, Sweden

Nordström Skans, Oskar (author): Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU),UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden;IZA, Bonn, Germany

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American Economic Association, 2018
2018
English.
In: The American Economic Review. - : American Economic Association. - 0002-8282 .- 1944-7981. ; 108:11, s. 3303-3338

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Abstract Subject headings

We examine the impact of mismatch on entry wages, separations, and wage growth using unique data on worker talents. We show that workers are sorted on comparative advantage across jobs within occupations. The starting wages of inexperienced workers are unrelated to mismatch. For experienced workers, on the other hand, mismatch is negatively priced into their starting wages. Separations and wage growth are more strongly related to mismatch among inexperienced workers than among experienced workers. These findings are consistent with models of information updating, where less information is available about the quality of matches involving inexperienced workers.

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