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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates … supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate … that the employment of graduates in non-graduate jobs has declined over time. Hence, there is no evidence of an over …
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We use a random effects dynamic probit model to estimate the effect of overskilling dynamics on wages. We find that … a manner that is inversely related to educational level. Yet, the wages of university graduates are reduced more by past …
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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates … supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959781
The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...
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In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
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Between 1990/91 and 2000/01 the number of male undergraduates in Britain increased by over one-third while the number of female undergraduates has increased nearly twofold. Given this substantial increase in supply we would expect some impact on the wage premium for recent graduates unless...
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differences still remain in terms of both employment and economic inactivity rates, which may now better reflect relative labour … decomposes regional differences in employment, economic inactivity and unemployment into components due to either structural or … composition effects. The analysis highlights the important role that ill health and structural deficits currently play in …
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indicate that substantial differences in both the likelihood of employment and levels of earnings exist, despite several years …: those suffering from mental health forms of disability fare particularly badly. Wage decompositions suggest the ‘penalty …’ for disability is greater for women than for men. Using the Baldwin and Johnson (1992) methodology, we find the employment …
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