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

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  • Yudai Higashi

    (Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University and Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration , Kobe University, JAPAN)

  • Masaru Sasaki

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, JAPAN and Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), GERMANY)

Abstract

This study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic deteriorated the mismatch in the Japanese labor market. First, we focus on the differences in job flows by occupation and employment type, which differ according to the risk of infection. We then estimate the mismatch indices for distinct labor markets clustered by occupations that are more and less vulnerable to the pandemic using the method developed by Şahin et al. (2014). We find that the pandemic induced a mismatch for full-time workers in occupations with a high risk of infection, those in which it is easy to work remotely, and those in which it is particularly difficult to work remotely, as well as for part-time workers in occupations in which it is easy to work remotely.

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  • Yudai Higashi & Masaru Sasaki, 2024. "Did COVID-19 Deteriorate Mismatch in the Japanese Labor Market?," Discussion Paper Series DP2024-29, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
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    Keywords

    Mismatch; O-NET data; COVID-19; Labor market tightness;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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