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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C.; … - 2007

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …

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Job insecurity and future labour market outcomes

McGuinness, Seamus; Wooden, Mark; Hahn, Markus - 2012

This paper uses longitudinal survey data to test the degree to which measures of job insecurity are correlated with changes in labour market status. Three major findings are reported. First, the perceived probability of job loss is only weakly related to both exogenous job separations and...

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Job Insecurity and Future Labour Market Outcomes

McGuinness, Seamus; Wooden, Mark; Hahn, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Overskilling, job insecurity and career mobility

McGuinness, Seamus; Wooden, Mark - 2007

This paper uses longitudinal data from Australia to examine the extent to which overskilling - the extent to which work …

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Overskilling dynamics and education pathways

Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; Fok, Yin King - 2009

This paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals. The paper begins by asking whether there is extensive overskilling in the labour market, and whether overskilling differs by education pathway. The...

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Assessing the incidence and wage effects of over-skilling in the Australian labour market

Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; Fok, Yin King - 2007

This paper examines the incidence and wage effects of over-skilling within the Australian labour market. It finds that approximately 30 percent of employees believed themselves to be moderately over-skilled and 11 percent believed themselves to be severely over-skilled. The incidence of skills...

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