Measuring mismatch unemployment in the Malaysia labour market

• Main Authors: Said, R., Jamaludin, S., Ismail, N.W., Nor, N.M., Yong, Chen Chen
• Format: Article
• Published: Inderscience Publishers 2021
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); Competition. Production. Wealth; Business cycles. Economic fluctuations; HJ Public Finance
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/35806/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105877564&doi=10.1504%2fijepee.2021.114955&partnerID=40&md5=9fc84b9577c723a7ecc75c938886b74f

Despite its low unemployment rate, the Malaysia labour market is currently sending signals of mismatch, a misallocation between demand and supply that may occur in the form of educational, skills, geographical, occupational, and industrial mismatches. Failure to identify the right type of mismatches...