Testing the importance of search frictions and matching through a randomized experiment in Jordan

Artikel

We test the role of search and matching frictions in explaining the high unemployment of tertiary-educated youth in Jordan through a randomized experiment. Firms and job candidates were provided with a job-matching service based on educational backgrounds and psychometric assessments. Although more than 1,000 matches were made, youth rejected the opportunity of an interview in 28 percent of cases, and when a job offer was received, they rejected this offer or quickly quit the job 83 percent of the time. The results suggest voluntary unemployment in this context arises from preferences over non-wage job attributes.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor Economics ; ISSN: 2193-8997 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: 1-20 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Labor Economics Policies
• Subject: Psychometrics ; Labor market matching ; Reservation utility ; Youth unemployment ; Jordan ; Randomized experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Groh, Matthew ; McKenzie, David ; Shammout, Nour ; Vishwanath, Tara
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40172-015-0022-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152347
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET