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Title: Spatial Mismatches and Imperfect Information in the Job Search

Author(s): Abhijit Banerjee and Sandra Sequeira

Publication Date: February 2020

Keyword(s): Biased Beliefs, job search and unemployment

Programme Area(s): Development Economics and Labour Economics

Abstract: Youth unemployment remains high throughout the developing world, at times coexisting with unmet demand for labor and high job turnover. This paper examines one possible explanation: young job seekers who live far from the city centres where jobs are located, over-estimate their employment prospects and underestimate actual commuting costs. Increasing access and exposure to the wider labor market leads job seekers to adjust beliefs and accept jobs closer to home. These �ndings underscore the importance of supply-side information frictions and how they can lead to spatial and occupational mistargeting in the job search.

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Banerjee, A and Sequeira, S. 2020. 'Spatial Mismatches and Imperfect Information in the Job Search'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14414