Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal
Facing a youth bulge—a large influx of a young labor force—the Pakistani economy needs to create more jobs by taking advantage of this relatively well-educated young labor force. Yet, the educated young labor force suffers a higher unemployment rat...
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okr-10986-326722022-09-20T00:13:39Z Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal Matsuda, Norihiko Ahmed, Tutan Nomura, Shinsaku LABOR MARKET BIG DATA LABOR SKILLS SKILLED LABOR JOB PORTAL Facing a youth bulge—a large influx of a young labor force—the Pakistani economy needs to create more jobs by taking advantage of this relatively well-educated young labor force. Yet, the educated young labor force suffers a higher unemployment rate, and there is a concern that the current education and training system in the country does not respond to skill demands in the private sector. This paper provides new descriptives about labor markets, particularly skill demand and supply, by using online job portal data. The paper finds that although there is an excess supply of highly educated workers, certain industries, such as information and communications technology, lack workers who have specialized skills and experience. The analysis also finds that the exact match of qualifications and skills is important for employers. Job applicants who are underqualified or overqualified for job posts are less likely to be shortlisted than those whose qualifications exactly match job requirements. 2019-11-21T20:24:04Z 2019-11-21T20:24:04Z 2019-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/527881574272281519/Labor-Market-Analysis-Using-Big-Data-The-Case-of-a-Pakistani-Online-Job-Portal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32672 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9063 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Pakistan |
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Facing a youth bulge—a large influx of a
young labor force—the Pakistani economy needs to create more
jobs by taking advantage of this relatively well-educated
young labor force. Yet, the educated young labor force
suffers a higher unemployment rate, and there is a concern
that the current education and training system in the
country does not respond to skill demands in the private
sector. This paper provides new descriptives about labor
markets, particularly skill demand and supply, by using
online job portal data. The paper finds that although there
is an excess supply of highly educated workers, certain
industries, such as information and communications
technology, lack workers who have specialized skills and
experience. The analysis also finds that the exact match of
qualifications and skills is important for employers. Job
applicants who are underqualified or overqualified for job
posts are less likely to be shortlisted than those whose
qualifications exactly match job requirements. |
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Matsuda, Norihiko Ahmed, Tutan Nomura, Shinsaku |
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Matsuda, Norihiko Ahmed, Tutan Nomura, Shinsaku |
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Matsuda, Norihiko |
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Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal |
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Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal |
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Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal |
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Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal |
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Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data : The Case of a Pakistani Online Job Portal |
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labor market analysis using big data : the case of a pakistani online job portal |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/527881574272281519/Labor-Market-Analysis-Using-Big-Data-The-Case-of-a-Pakistani-Online-Job-Portal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32672 |
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