(Mis-)matching in Germany

Author	Daniela Rohrbach-Schmidt, Michael Tiemann
Issue/Year (Volume)	SE/2011 (40)
Page(s)	4-8
License	German Copyright Act
Language(s)	englisch , deutsch
Keywords	Mismatch, berufliche Qualifikation, Tätigkeitsmerkmal, Adäquate Beschäftigung, Befragung, Erwerbstätiger

People are not always employed in jobs that perfectly match their skills and abilities. Research on the question as to what constitutes a good match is usually based on the empirical correspondence between employees’ formal qualifications and the formal qualification requirements of their jobs, but so far no up-to-date and in-depth information exists on the incidence of skill-based mismatching in Germany. This article uses the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2006, which yields rich information fitting the job-requirement approach, to provide up-to-date and in-depth figures on the incidence of formal and skill-based mismatching in Germany. Moreover, it studies the extent to which mismatching varies with employees’ socio-demographic and qualification characteristics and with job tasks.

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