Measuring mismatch unemployment in the Malaysia labour market

• Main Authors: Said, Rusmawati, Jamaludin, Salwaty, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Yong, Chen Chen
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford University Press 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94111/; https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJEPEE.2021.114955
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

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...