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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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Competition and the retreat from collective bargaining

Brown, William Arthur; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2008

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Adjusting to skill shortages: Complexity and consequences

Healy, Joshua; Mavromaras, Kostas; Sloane, Peter J. - 2011

Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countries including the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understanding about these issues by using...

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The effect of overskilling dynamics on wages

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Mahuteau, Stéphane; Sloane, Peter J. - 2012

We use a random effects dynamic probit model to estimate the effect of overskilling dynamics on wages. We find that overskilling mismatch is common and more likely among those who have been overskilled in the past. It is also highly persistent, in a manner that is inversely related to...

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Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Battu, Harminder; Sloane, Peter J. - 2002

This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...

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Human Capital Spill-Overs Within the Workplace

Battu, Harminder; Belfield, Clive R.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2001

An individual?s human capital has a strong influence on earnings. Yet individual, worker-level estimations of earnings rarely include the characteristics of co-workers or detailed firm-level controls. In this paper, we use a unique matched worker?workplace dataset to estimate the effect on own...

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A persistence model of the national minimum wage

Jones, Melanie K.; Jones, Richard J.; Murphy, Philip D.; … - 2007

This paper utilises the panel element of the BHPS (waves 9 to 14) to examine the dynamics of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) introduced to Britain in 1999. Specifically a persistence measure based on a random effects probit model for those affected by the NMW is constructed. The conditional...

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Human capital spillovers and economic performance in the workplace in 2004: some British evidence

Metcalfe, Renuka; Sloane, Peter J. - 2007

This paper considers the impact of education and training on both individual and co-worker pay and establishment performance using the matched employer-employee data in WERS 2004, the panel dataset 1998-2004 and the new Financial Performance Questionnaire. This enables us to assess the impact of...

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Graduate employment in the UK: an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model

Grazier, Suzanne; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2008

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate markups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...

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Training, job satisfaction and workplace performance in Britain: evidence from WERS 2004

Jones, Melanie K.; Jones, Richard J.; Latreille, Paul L.; … - 2008

This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS). Several measures of performance are analysed including absence, quits, financial performance, labour productivity and product...

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