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, together with the corresponding effects on wages. Overeducation is a fairly persistent phenomenon at the aggregate and … individual levels, with 66% of workers remaining overeducated after 1 year. Overeducation is not just more common but also more … persistent among blacks and low-AFQT individuals. Further, the hazard rate out of overeducation drops by about 60% during the …
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This research claims that investing European Union (EU) Structural Funds in Learning Mobility (LM) might lead to further regional polarization. LM is a type of labour mobility finalized to acquire new knowledge (human capital) and social networks (social capital). Historically, LM has been...
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Thurow's job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of … have a strong effect on the later risk of overeducation. The quality of the vocational training chosen only impacts on the … overeducation risk when the strong selectivity effects in certain types of schools and types of vocational training are not taken …
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This paper examines the factors determining variations in spatial rates of overeducation. A quantile regression model … overeducation rates include factors such as labour market risk, financial aid to university students, excess labour demand and … research supports the findings of micro based studies which have found that overeducation is consistent with an assignment …
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This paper provides precise figures on the incidence and wage penalties of mismatching in Germany. We use the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2006 to compute two different measures of person-to-job matching. A first measure indicates an educational (mis)match, i.e., whether a worker’s attained...
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This study analyses the persistence and true state dependence of overqualification, i.e. a mismatch between workers' qualifications and their jobs’ educational requirements. Employing individual-level panel data for Germany, I find that overqualification is highly persistent among tertiary...
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Overeducation refers to the extent to which workers acquired education levels in excess of that required by their jobs …. Low educational level is pointed out as a determinant for the incidence of overeducation, which is usually associated with … overeducation and the type of educational system (public or private education, which have quite different quality levels in Brazil …
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market) can help to explain the phenomenon of overeducation. For the purposes of this project we obtained special permission … factor in avoiding overeducation: looking for a job on a large labour market increases the probability of finding a suitable …
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the depreciation of skills on human capital. The main policy implication of the paper is that overeducation constitutes a … waste of resources. Therefore public authorities should seek to reduce the negative impact of overeducation on the labor …
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overeducated employment, together with the corresponding effects on wages. Overeducation is a fairly persistent phenomenon at the … aggregate and individual levels, with 66% of workers remaining overeducated after one year. Overeducation is not only more … common, but also more persistent among blacks and low-AFQT individuals. Further, the hazard rate out of overeducation drops …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380877