Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis
Spatial mismatch, where job seekers do not live where jobs can be found, can be an important barrier on the labour market, especially for vulnerable groups. In this study we look at the role that spatial mismatch plays in the Brussels metropolis. Using an improved benchmark, the distance-weighted sp...
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| author | Tobias Theys Nick Deschacht Stef Adriaensens Dieter Verhaest |
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| description | Spatial mismatch, where job seekers do not live where jobs can be found, can be an important barrier on the labour market, especially for vulnerable groups. In this study we look at the role that spatial mismatch plays in the Brussels metropolis. Using an improved benchmark, the distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, that also considers location-driven mismatch, we compare the spatial mismatch between the high- and low-skilled labour market and the labour market for the low-skilled with and without language skills. In the largest possible definition of the Brussels metropolis, results show a spatial mismatch of up to 50 % larger for the low-skilled, in comparison with the high-skilled. For the low-skilled without language skills, the spatial mismatch is 115 % higher than for the low-skilled with language skills. This difference is mainly due to a relative surplus of low-skilled job seekers (without language skills) in the Brussels-Capital Region and a relative shortage in the first belt of municipalities around the Region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a0b94007eee4b4d9aded79833290f632022-12-22T01:16:52ZengUniversité Saint-Louis BruxellesBrussels Studies2031-02932019-06-0110.4000/brussels.2803Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysisTobias TheysNick DeschachtStef AdriaensensDieter VerhaestSpatial mismatch, where job seekers do not live where jobs can be found, can be an important barrier on the labour market, especially for vulnerable groups. In this study we look at the role that spatial mismatch plays in the Brussels metropolis. Using an improved benchmark, the distance-weighted spatial mismatch index, that also considers location-driven mismatch, we compare the spatial mismatch between the high- and low-skilled labour market and the labour market for the low-skilled with and without language skills. In the largest possible definition of the Brussels metropolis, results show a spatial mismatch of up to 50 % larger for the low-skilled, in comparison with the high-skilled. For the low-skilled without language skills, the spatial mismatch is 115 % higher than for the low-skilled with language skills. This difference is mainly due to a relative surplus of low-skilled job seekers (without language skills) in the Brussels-Capital Region and a relative shortage in the first belt of municipalities around the Region.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/2803labour marketmetropolitan regionmobilitylanguagesunemployment |
| spellingShingle | Tobias Theys Nick Deschacht Stef Adriaensens Dieter Verhaest Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis Brussels Studies labour market metropolitan region mobility languages unemployment |
| title | Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis |
| title_full | Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis |
| title_fullStr | Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis |
| title_short | Spatial mismatch, education and language skills in the Brussels metropolis: an analysis |
| title_sort | spatial mismatch education and language skills in the brussels metropolis an analysis |
| topic | labour market metropolitan region mobility languages unemployment |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/2803 |
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