published in: Economic Journal, (2009), 119, 200-228.
This paper considers a matching model of heterogenous workers and jobs which includes onthe-
job search. High-educated workers transitorily accept unskilled jobs and continue to
search for skilled jobs. We study the implications of this model for the unemployment rates of
high and low-educated workers, for the share of mismatched workers and wage inequality
both within and between skill groups. The model is used to shed light on the Spanish
experience following a large educational upgrading since the mid-eighties.
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