Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms
Skill mismatch, a manifestation of poor job matching quality, is becoming an essential factor that hinders workers from realizing their productive potential and obtaining reasonable remuneration. This study investigated the internal relation between skill mismatches and wages, including the influenc...
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| description | Skill mismatch, a manifestation of poor job matching quality, is becoming an essential factor that hinders workers from realizing their productive potential and obtaining reasonable remuneration. This study investigated the internal relation between skill mismatches and wages, including the influencing processes and mechanisms. Findings showed that excessive vertical mismatches and horizontal skill mismatches result in wage losses for workers. Both mismatches affect the final wage level by changing the degree of job negativity. Additionally, excessive vertical skill mismatches mitigate the wage penalty effect by increasing the degree of job control. The possibility of occurrence of both skill mismatch types increases as job competition becomes more intense and job prospects become more promising; taking these factors into account, the degree of wage impact will be weakened. These findings further clarify the relation between skill-matching status and wage return and provide value judgment for increasing workers’ job satisfaction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4210b9212a174cbfbbffcbaa925181dd2025-02-07T08:03:19ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402025-02-011510.1177/21582440251318540Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and MechanismsXin Zhao0Dan Wu1Lijin Wang2Hubei Innovation Research Center of Rural Social Management, Wuhan, ChinaHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Civilization and Integrated Land-sea Development, Haikou, ChinaZhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSkill mismatch, a manifestation of poor job matching quality, is becoming an essential factor that hinders workers from realizing their productive potential and obtaining reasonable remuneration. This study investigated the internal relation between skill mismatches and wages, including the influencing processes and mechanisms. Findings showed that excessive vertical mismatches and horizontal skill mismatches result in wage losses for workers. Both mismatches affect the final wage level by changing the degree of job negativity. Additionally, excessive vertical skill mismatches mitigate the wage penalty effect by increasing the degree of job control. The possibility of occurrence of both skill mismatch types increases as job competition becomes more intense and job prospects become more promising; taking these factors into account, the degree of wage impact will be weakened. These findings further clarify the relation between skill-matching status and wage return and provide value judgment for increasing workers’ job satisfaction.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251318540 |
| spellingShingle | Xin Zhao Dan Wu Lijin Wang Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms SAGE Open |
| title | Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms |
| title_full | Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms |
| title_fullStr | Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms |
| title_short | Wage Effect and Workers’ Skill Mismatch: Paths and Mechanisms |
| title_sort | wage effect and workers skill mismatch paths and mechanisms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251318540 |
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