A Simple Two-way Matching Model with Knowledge and Social Skills

• Main Authors: Yin-ming Huang, 黃盈銘
• Other Authors: 曹真睿
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uxdsfg

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 經濟學系 === 102 === According to the traditional human capital theory, education can raise one’s human capital, especially for knowledge accumulation. In other words, human capitals are considered as single and homogeneous. However, the human resources survey in 2013 indicates that one of the reasons for talent shortages is that applicants lack soft skills in the workplace. Therefore, this study considers two types of human capital: social skills and knowledge skills. Although the importance of social skills such as being cooperative and communication skills has been demonstrated by a number of empirical studies, the theoretical foundation is relatively less developed. As a result, this study constructs a theoretical framework featuring social and knowledge skills and considers a labor market with two-way mismatches. To be specific, a person with more social skills can take a knowledge-based job, and vice versa. The model also provides some policy implications. First, education sectors should advance with industrial demands to avoid talent shortages. Second, consistent with literature, network connection can relieve unemployment.