Project summary
Project B09 examines the allocation of talent to productive positions in society. In earlier work, the team examined how professional networks affect the allocation of high-skilled individuals to the most productive positions, from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. In the third funding period, the analysis will study assortative matching in more detail, i.e., it will consider the processes by which firms and workers are matched and will investigate assortative matching in teams. The analyseswill consider labor market institutions, external market forces such as competition, internal factors such as managers, the role of scientific institutions, and how barriers for certain groups affect assortative matching.