ABSTRACT

Although it might be considered one of the main vigorous distortions in the Palestinian labour market, qualification mismatch has not been studied by researchers in Palestine. We draw upon this gap using Palestinian labour force survey between 2009 and 2016. This paper therefore presents a multinomial logit model to identify the factors affecting the prevalence of qualification mismatch and uses the Verdugo and Verdugo model to estimate its impact on wages. Findings support the spatial mobility theory, job competition theory and assignment theory which consider mismatch as a persistence phenomenon. Accepting mismatched job in early period of career life will not shorten the pathway for a matching job in the future. Female, married workers, rural and camp dwellers, workers in Israeli labour market, workers in construction, services, commerce and hotel sectors have more likelihood to face mismatches than others. Findings also reveal the existence of a wage penalty due to over-qualification mismatches and wage premiums for underqualification.

摘要

虽然它可能被认为是巴勒斯坦劳动力市场的主要严重扭曲之一，但巴勒斯坦的研究人员尚未研究资格错配。我们利用 2009 年至 2016 年巴勒斯坦劳动力调查得出的这一差距。因此，本文提出了一个多项 logit 模型来确定影响资格不匹配普遍性的因素，并使用 Verdugo 和 Verdugo 模型来估计其对工资的影响。研究结果支持空间流动理论、工作竞争理论和分配理论，这些理论认为不匹配是一种持续现象。在职业生涯早期接受不匹配的工作不会缩短未来匹配工作的途径。女性、已婚工人、农村和营地居民、以色列劳动力市场的工人、建筑工人、服务业、商业和酒店行业比其他行业更有可能面临错配。调查结果还表明，由于资格过高的不匹配和资格不足的工资溢价，存在工资处罚。