Ranking occupations by their proximity to workers’ profiles

Article Article scientifique Article Ranking occupations by their proximity to workers’ profiles eng 2024-07-25 2024-07-25 author Bächli Mirjam 0000-0002-3656-4794 Department of Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. author Benghalem Hélène Department of Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. author Tinello Doriana Cognitive Aging Lab, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerabilities, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 667714 author Aschwanden Damaris Déborah 0000-0002-0899-624X Cognitive Aging Lab, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerabilities, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 404566 Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGE) author Zuber Sascha 0000-0001-9464-7048 Cognitive Aging Lab, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerabilities, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 690540 Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGE) author Kliegel Matthias Cognitive Aging Lab, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerabilities, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 761733 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Pellizzari Michele Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 805129 Recherche et enseignement GSEM (RESEM) author Lalive D'Epinay Rafael Department of Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. 772975 10.1186/s41937-024-00125-2 39070293 0303-9692 PMC11272727 https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-024-00125-2 Information friction makes it difficult for job seekers to find new employment opportunities. We propose a method for providing individual-specific occupation recommendations by ranking occupations based on their proximity to the worker's profile. We identify a set of twelve skills, abilities and work styles that capture the worker-oriented requirements of all occupations and discuss how to measure these items using online questions and tasks. We use the Euclidean distance between the measured items pertaining to a worker and the requirements of an occupation to measure the proximity between job seekers and occupations. We show that the proximity between job seekers' profiles and their preunemployment occupation predicts their intention to change occupations, thus suggesting that our method captures a meaningful conceptualization of mismatch. We also show that our method generates recommendations that differ from the previous occupations of mismatched job seekers, thereby potentially expanding their search scope. Occupation recommendations Occupational mismatch Worker profile Dewey 150 Dewey 618.97 Swiss National Science Foundation Unemployment Exit and Entry: Cognition, Nudges, Information, and Eligibility Screening 178878 CH Projects 108 Section de psychologie 71 14 Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités 0D6 false 1282 Centre LIVES Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 160 1 aa0cd7d0-d87c-4602-b149-758763223baf Article (Published version) Public Article_scientifique_from_crossref.pdf 2401499 application/pdf CC BY-4.0 3e3b1b20ad18b1dcf6bf5ac2c1a1b2014821933d21225394f13791a47c6b7861 openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités

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