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Skills and the graduate recruitment process: Evidence from two discrete experiments
der, Velden R.K.W. van; Humburg M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2014
In this study we elicit employers preferences for a variety of CV attributes and types of skills when recruiting university graduates. Using two discrete choice experiments, we simulate the two common steps of the graduate recruitment process 1 the selection of suitable candidates for job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856564
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What is expected of higher education graduates in the 21st century?
Humburg M.; der, Velden R.K.W. van - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
skill demands, which we summarize as professional expertise, flexibility, innovation and knowledge management, mobilization … changing role of graduates in economic life. These trends are the knowledge society, increasing uncertainty, the ICT revolution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856568
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Educational mismatches and skills: New empirical tests of old hypotheses
Allen J.P.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
In this paper, we empirically explore how the often reported relationship between overeducation and wages can best be understood. Exploiting the newly published Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies PIAAC data OECD 2013, we are able to achieve a better estimation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734870
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Skill mismatch and use in developed countries: Evidence from the PIAAC study
der, Velden R.K.W. van; Allen J.P.; Levels M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
In this paper we develop and test a new set of measures of skill mismatches, based on data on skill levels and skill use in the domains of literacy and numeracy from the PIAAC project. The measures we develop represent the extent of skill use relative to ones own skill level. We test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734880