Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197675 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016:14
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
We examine the matching process using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden. We find that an increase in the number of vacancies has a very weak effect on the number of unemployed workers being hired: unemployed workers appear to be unable to compete for many available jobs. Vacancies are filled quickly and there is no (or only weak) evidence that high unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies; hiring appears to be determined by labour demand while frictions and labour supply play small roles. These results indicate persistent mismatch in the Swedish labour market.
Subjects: 
structural unemployment
frictional unemployment
matching function
labour demand
labour supply
JEL: 
J23
J62
J63
J64
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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