Job accessibility and job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona |
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| Authors: | Antonio Di Paolo Anna Matas Josep Lluís Raymond |
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| Affiliation: | 1. AQR‐IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Econometrics and Statistics, Barcelona, Spain;2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Department of Applied Economics, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;3. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Department of Economics and Economic History, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility on job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona with regard to both public and private transport. Transit accessibility is defined in terms of the spatial distribution of employment relative to travel time by public transport, whereas accessibility by private transport is approximated by car availability. The results obtained from a joint model for car ownership, employment selectivity and mismatch confirm that car availability matters for job‐education mismatch. Moreover, public transport connectivity to job locations favours the matching between schooling and occupation in the urban labour market. |
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| Keywords: | Job‐education mismatch job accessibility public transport car availability Barcelona |
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