This paper aims to survey the theoretical and empirical literature on cross-country differences in overeducation. While … technological change and globalization have entailed a skill-bias in the evolution of labour demand in the Anglo-Saxon countries … raise in the share of skilled occupations, therefore generating skills mismatch. This suggests that a demand …

This paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on AlmaLaurea data. We focus on … jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in 2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high - at 11 … demand for skills, one should also reckon the inability of the educational system to provide work-related skills. Moreover …

heterogeneity when analyzing the labor market effects of over- and undereducation. Using pooled OLS, the estimation results confirm …

This paper examines patterns in overeducation between countries using a specifically designed panel dataset constructed … overeducation has been rising rapidly over time in all countries and where overeducation has grown the trend has been very gradual …. Furthermore, overeducation rates were found to be static or falling in approximately fifty percent of the 28 EU countries. The …

We discuss changes in the demand for paid sex accompanying the criminalization of prostitution in the United Kingdom … Lifestyles (Natsal2, conducted in 2000-2001 and Natsal3, conducted in 2010-2012) to illustrate the changes in demand that have … taken place across the two waves. We do not find demand decreasing in our sample and find a shift in the composition of …