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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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The effects of health and health shocks on hours worked

Cai, Lixin; Mavromaras, Kostas; Oguzoglu, Umut - 2008

We investigate the impact of health on working hours in recognition of the fact that leaving the labour market due to persistently low levels of health stock or due to new health shocks, is only one of the possibilities open to employees. We use the first six waves of the HILDA survey to...

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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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Overskilling dynamics and education pathways

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

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Disability and job mismatches in the Australian labour market

Jones, Melanie; Mavromaras, Kostas; Sloane, Peter; Wei, … - 2011

data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any …

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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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