Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244613 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 971
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This study proposes and applies a new methodology to analyse firms' and workers' occupational preferences. We use microdata covering all 2014-2018 vacancy and jobseeker registrations from the Public Employment Services of Belgium, Morocco, and South Korea. We find that a small number of occupations are responsible for a large share of registrations and may thus deserve particular attention. We also find considerable stability in occupation preferences (especially by jobseekers) but that the correlation between firms' and workers' preferences weakens over time. Finally, we find different responsiveness levels of jobseeker preferences to vacancy gaps. However, young jobseekers do not appear to respond more quickly to such gaps.
Subjects: 
Labour adjustment
Occupations
Job search
Vacancy gaps
JEL: 
J24
J62
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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