@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12974, author={Garibaldi, Pietro and Gomes, Pedro Maia and Sopraseuth, Thepthida}, title={Output Costs of Education and Skill Mismatch}, year={2020}, month={Feb}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12974}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12974}, abstract={We propose a simple theory of under- and over-employment. Individuals of high type can perform both skilled and unskilled jobs, but only a fraction of low-type workers can perform skilled jobs. People have different non-pecuniary values over these jobs, akin to a Roy model. We calibrate two versions of the model to match moments of 17 OECD economies, considering separately education and skills mismatch. The cost of mismatch is 3% of output on average but varies between -1% to 9% across countries. The key variable that explains the output cost of mismatch is not the percentage of mismatched workers but their wage relative to well-matched workers. }, keywords={education mismatch;skill mismatch}, }