This paper surveys the microfoundations, empirical evidence, and estimation issues
underlying the aggregate matching function. There is no consensus yet on microfoundations …

Ensuring a good match between skills acquired in education and on the job and those
required in the labour market is essential to make the most of investments in human capital …

Qualitative mismatches arise when the qualifications or skills of workers, individually or in
the aggregate, are different from the qualifications or skills required or specified for their …

We develop an equilibrium search‐matching model with risk‐neutral agents and two‐sided
ex‐ante heterogeneity. Unemployment insurance has the standard effect of reducing …

Regional unemployment clusters Nearness matters within and across Europe–s borders
High unemployment and regional inequalities are major concerns for European policy …

Concerns that there are problems with the supply of skills, especially education-related
skills, in the US labor force have exploded in recent years with a series of reports from …

From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness
Report Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all …

'Employability'is increasingly being seen as necessary for individuals to ensure continuous
life-time employment in the face of decreasing job security offered by firms (Hillage and …

This article studies entrepreneurial education and its impact on job‐skills matches for higher
education graduates. Those who possess entrepreneurial skills are assumed to be more …

This essay delivers two main innovations with respect to the existing literature. First, and
foremost, by extending the work of Nicaise (2010) relative to the reservation wage to the …