Arbeitspapier

Did COVID-19 Deteriorate Mismatch in the Japanese Labor Market?

This study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic deteriorated the mismatch in the Japanese labor market. We first focus on differences in job flows and reservation wages by occupation and employment type, which differ according to the risk of infection. We next estimate the mismatch indices for local labor markets clustered in by occupations vulnerable and not vulnerable to COVID-19 using the method developed by Şahin et al. (2014). We find that the pandemic induced an overall mismatch, regardless of whether the occupations were vulnerable to infection. The mismatch for high-risk occupations was gradually eliminated in 2021, suggesting that the Japanese labor market adapted gradually but successfully to the new normal. However, the mismatch for low-risk occupations increased in 2021, indicating that labor mobility had been discouraged.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15917

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Thema
mismatch
O-NET data
COVID-19
labor market tightness
desired wage

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Higashi, Yudai
Sasaki, Masaru
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Higashi, Yudai
  • Sasaki, Masaru
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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