Job mismatch and on-the-job search behavior among university graduates in Malaysia

Zakariya Zainizam,

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Type :	article
Subject :	H Social Sciences (General)
ISSN :	1351-3958
Main Author :	Zakariya Zainizam,
Title :	Job mismatch and on-the-job search behavior among university graduates in Malaysia

Year of Publication :

2017

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This paper examines the incidence and the effects of job mismatch on workers' job search behavior while working in Malaysia. Using the 2007 Graduate Tracer Study (GTS‐07) dataset, approximately 32 percent of workers were deemed mismatched and 52 percent were actively looking for another job. Using a logit model, the risk of being engaged in on‐the‐job search activity was higher among the mismatched workers and the magnitude of the effects was greater for the severely mismatched than for the moderately mismatched workers. This suggests that the mismatched workers are heterogeneous. This might be due to different traits of workers or there may be unobserved heterogeneity that varies from one mismatched to another mismatched worker.

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