Journal Article

The evolution of inter-regional spatial mismatch in the USA

Deschacht, Nick, Verhaest, Dieter, Theys, Tobias, Adriaenssens, Stef

2019

Overview

The literature on spatial mismatch often focuses on a mismatch within cities or local labour markets. This paper looks at the spatial mismatch between local labour markets. Using US data, we study the evolution of inter-regional mismatch between 1980 and 2010 and how this evolution varies across skill levels. Since we expect the spatial structure of supply and demand in the labour market to play a central role at this geographical level, we develop an extension of the spatial mismatch index, as the standard version does not take this spatial structure into account. Our results indicate that spatial mismatch has been increasing over the past decades, an increase that is largely attributable to spatial structure effects. The inter-regional spatial mismatch mainly affects low-skilled jobs and workers: our findings suggest that the degree of the spatial mismatch for low-skilled, relative to high-skilled workers, increased from a ratio of two in 1980 to almost four in 2010. 关于空间不匹配的文献往往侧重于城市或当地劳动力市场的不匹配。本文着眼于当地劳动力市场之间的空间不匹配。使用美国数据，我们研究了1980年至2010年间地区间不匹配的演变以及这种演变在不同技能水平上的变化。由于我们期望劳动力市场中供需的空间结构在这一地理层面发挥核心作用，因此我们开发了空间不匹配指数的扩展，因为标准版本的指数没有考虑这种空间结构。我们的研究结果表明，空间不匹配在过去几十年中一直在增加，这主要归因于空间结构效应。区域间空间不匹配主要影响低技能工作和工人：我们的研究结果表明，相对于高技能工人，低技能工人的空间不匹配程度比率从1980年的二增加到2010年的接近四。

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Ltd,SAGE Publications,Sage Publications Ltd
• Subject: Arbeitskräfteangebot / Arbeitskräftebedarf / Cities / Entwicklung / Evolution / Labor market / Markets / Methodological paper / Mismatch / Opportunity / Qualifikation / Qualifikationsstruktur / Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt / Regionaler Faktor / Segregation / Skilled workers / Skills / Studies / Supply & demand / USA / Workers