Jobseekers' Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search.

Autor/inn/en	Kiss, Andrea; Garlick, Robert; Orkin, Kate; Hensel, Lukas
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Jobseekers' Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Überzeugungen von Arbeitsuchenden über komparative Vorteile und (fehl)gerichtete Suche.
Quelle	Bonn (2023), 99 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 16522
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Selbsteinschätzung; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Mathematik; Lohnhöhe; Mismatch; Arbeitslosenquote; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsplatz; Arbeitsuchender; Qualifikationsniveau; Qualifikationspotenzial; Berufswahl; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Qualität; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	"Worker sorting into tasks and occupations has long been recognized as an important feature of labor markets. But this sorting may be inefficient if jobseekers have inaccurate beliefs about their skills and therefore apply to jobs that do not match their skills. To test this idea, we measure young South African jobseekers' communication and numeracy skills and their beliefs about their skill levels. Many jobseekers believe they are better at the skill in which they score lower, relative to other jobseekers. These beliefs predict the skill requirements of jobs where they apply. In two field experiments, giving jobseekers their skill assessment results shifts their beliefs toward their assessment results. It also redirects their search toward jobs that value the skill in which they score relatively higher - using measures from administrative, incentivized task, and survey data - but does not increase total search effort. It also raises earnings and job quality, consistent with inefficient sorting due to limited information." The study refers to the period 2016-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1