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The mismatch between job openings and job seekers

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  • Maria E. Canon
  • Mingyu Chen

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Today's high unemployment rate is often linked to a structural imbalance?a mismatch between the skills and location required to fill vacant jobs and the skills and geographical preferences of the unemployed. But the evidence downplays the role of this mismatch.

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  • Maria E. Canon & Mingyu Chen, 2011. "The mismatch between job openings and job seekers," The Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue July, pages 10-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlre:y:2011:i:july:p:10-11
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    1. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Fernando Rios-Avila, 2012. "A closer look at nonparticipants during and after the Great Recession," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2012-10, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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    Labor market; Unemployment;

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