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Mismatch and Labour Mobility

High and persistent unemployment has been experienced by most countries during the 1980s, and inflationary pressures have recently emerged at rates of unemployment far higher than those experienced in the 1960s and 1970s. This suggests that there has been an increase in the natural rate of unemployment. Many researchers have sought to explain this development in terms of 'mismatch' arguing that the economies that have suffered most from persistently high unemployment are those that have been least flexible in matching their unemployed with the available employment opportunities. This book reports the proceedings of a conference on 'Mismatch and Labour Mobility' sponsored by CEPR, CEP and STEP. The contributors examine the evidence on sectoral wage differentials, labour mobility and the ratio of unemployment to job vacancies in detailed studies of seven countries with a wide variety of labour market and macroeconomic structures. They analyse the variations in unemployment rates across regions, occupations, and demographic groups, and investigate whether these help to explain the growth and persistence of unemployment. The volume also includes a cross-country study of skills mismatch in relation to the effectiveness of training programmes.

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Padoa Schioppa, F (1991), ‘Mismatch and Labour Mobility‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Padoa Schioppa, F (1991), ‘A cross-country comparison of sectoral mismatch in the 1980s‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Savouri, S, R Layard, S Rosen and R Jackman (1991), ‘Mismatch: a framework for thought‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Franz, W and R Brunetta, ‘Match and mismatch on the German labour market‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Wadhwani, S and G Brunello (1991), ‘Mismatch in Japan‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Dolado, J, N Rossi and S Bentolila (1991), ‘Mismatch and internal migration in Spain, 1962-86‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Bertola, G, F Padoa Schioppa and O Attanasio (1991), ‘Regional inequalities, migration and mismatch in Italy, 1960-86‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Pissarides, C, U Trivellato and C Bean (1991), ‘Skill shortages and structural unemployment in Britain a (mis)matching approach‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Freeman, R and M Burda (1991), ‘Labour market tightness and the mismatch between demand and supply of less-educated young men in the United States in the 1980s‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Soskice, D and L Felli (1991), ‘Skill mismatch, training systems and equilibrium unemployment: a comparative institutional analysis‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Holmlund, B, D Snower and P Edin (1991), ‘Unemployment, vacancies and labour market programmes: Swedish evidence‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility

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Nickell, S and K Abraham (1991), ‘Mismatch and labour mobility: some final remarks‘, in Padoa Schioppa, F (eds), Mismatch and Labour Mobility, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/mismatch-and-labour-mobility