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Spanish labour market, mobility and labour shortages

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  • Carlos Carrillo-Tudela

    (University of Essex
    CEPR, London UK, CESifo, Munich Germany and IZA)

  • Alex Clymo

    (University of Essex
    Paris School of Economics)

  • Cristina La Fuente

    (University of Bath)

  • Ludo Visschers

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    CESifo, Munich Germany and IZA)

  • David Zentler-Munro

    (University of Essex)

Abstract

We use a simple yet powerful approach to investigate the dynamics of worker flows across sectors in the Spanish economy. The method imposes a minimal amount of structure on the data by assuming sector-specific matching functions, and backs out the direction of workers’ search intensities across sectors using data on realised worker flows and vacancies. We find that aggregate search intensity in Spain has been increasing since the pandemic and has led aggregate labour shortages to be below pre-pandemic levels by 2023. However, this boost of search intensity is directed to industries with low matching efficiencies and job finding rates. As a result, aggregate match formation is near to a 10-years low relative to the number of matches that would result if search intensity was allocated to maximise total matches given the observed vacancy distribution and match efficiencies across sectors.

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  • Carlos Carrillo-Tudela & Alex Clymo & Cristina La Fuente & Ludo Visschers & David Zentler-Munro, 2025. "Spanish labour market, mobility and labour shortages," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 16(2), pages 257-296, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:series:v:16:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s13209-025-00306-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s13209-025-00306-z
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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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