Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2026-08-06
Number: 26-054/V
Author-Name: Thomas Peeters
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: Jan C. van Ours
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Title: Job Matches and Mobility of High Wage Workers in an International Labor Market
Abstract: We examine worker-to-firm matching in a high-wage international labor market encompassing nine European countries. Employment matches are ranked along two key dimensions: worker productivity, defined by contributions to physical output, and firm productivity, measured by the ability to generate revenue from that physical output. We find a strong and significant positive rank correlation between these two measures, both within and across countries. This evidence of `positive assortative matching' suggests that labor market frictions do not prevent high-productivity workers from matching with high-productivity firms across Europe. Both workers' initial job placements and their subsequent mobility within countries and across countries reinforce this pattern.
Classification-JEL: J24, J63, Z22
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