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Standardization and Expectations
Langenberg, Tobias (contributor) - 2006
Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...
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Preference signaling in matching markets
Coles, Peter A.; Kushnir, Alexey; Niederle, Muriel - 2010
on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a signal of interest to … ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act … one employer, facilitates matches in such markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of …
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Education, mismatch and unemployment
Femminis, Gianluca; Piccirilli, Giulio - In: Rivista internazionale di scienze sociali 127 (2019) 3, pp. 285-312
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Do skill mismatches create a wage penalty? : alternative estimates for Korea
Kim, Hong-kyun; Park, Seung-jun - In: Asian economic journal : journal of the East Asian … 30 (2016) 3, pp. 295-316
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Skill mismatch in labor markets
Polachek, Solomon W. (ed.); Pouliakas, Konstantinos (ed.);  … - 2017 - First edition
The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills. Concerns that economic restructuring and...
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
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Optional verification and signaling in online matching markets : evidence from a randomized field experiment
Shi, Lanfei; Viswanathan, Siva - In: Information systems research : ISR 34 (2023) 4, pp. 1603-1621
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Signaling, selection and transition : empirical evidence on stepping-stones and vicious cycles in temporary agency work
Hopp, Christian; Minten, Axel; Toporova, Nevena - In: The international journal of human resource management 27 (2016) 5/6, pp. 527-547
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A new approach to skills mismatch
Brun-Schammé, Amandine - 2021
Skills mismatch - the sub-optimal use of an individual's skills in their occupation - can be a source of dissatisfaction for workers and a brake for productivity growth. In our view, a difference in the level of skills within an occupation is not sufficient to infer that a skills mismatch...
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Gender-based price discrimination in matching markets
Trégouët, Thomas - In: International journal of industrial organization 42 (2015), pp. 34-45
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