Bandiera, Oriana; Kotia, Ananya; Lindenlaub, Ilse; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Are labor markets in higher-income countries more meritocratic, in the sense that worker-job matching is based on … countries, we document that workers' skills better match their jobs' skill requirements in higher-income countries. To quantify … share of cross-country income differences. Second, however, improved worker-job matching is crucial for unlocking the gains …