This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate … or delay the transition into a job that matches their level of education. We adopt the Timing of Events approach to … started searching for a job right after leaving formal education. We find that overeducation is a trap. This trap is …

We empirically investigate the determinants of the female decision of investing in post-secondary education, focusing … on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two …-period model to analyze the female decision of investing in education and highlight two main determinants: the time to be devoted …