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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276683
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287590
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268360
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269459
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275823
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277704