Brynin, Malcolm; Lichtwardt, Beate; Longhi, Simonetta - ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, Institute … - 2006
A large empirical literature suggests that a proportion of employees are over-educated (overqualified) for the jobs that they do. It also estimates the impact of this mismatch on wages The empirical results suggest that having more education than is needed for a job generates a premium relative...