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Effects, Dynamics and Routes Out of Overqualification in Europe : A Comprehensive Analysis Distinguishing by Employment Status
Congregado, Emilio - 2014
This study aims to improve our understanding of overqualification by incorporating distinctions in employment status (i.e., self-employed workers, private employees and public employees) in the analysis of the effects, dynamics and routes out of overqualification. To this end, we apply discrete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045912
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Inequality, Technology and Job Polarization of the Youth Labor Market in Europe
Bheemaiah, Kariappa - 2015
This paper presents a connecting methodology in order to trace the emerging dynamics of inequality for the youth populace of Europe. We determine that the development of these dynamics are directly affected by the advancement of technology, and especially related to Information and Communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021498
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How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?
McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Redmond, Paul - 2017
The term skill mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664385
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Training and individual performance in Europe : evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe …. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms and trainees; for the group of non trainees potential negative effects … has been found in some studies. The incidence and the impact of training depend on the national education and training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444703
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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe
Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022
This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163647
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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe
Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022
This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041426
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Peers' composition effects in the short and in the long run : college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283120
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On the complementarity between education and training in Europe
Brunello, Giorgio - 2001
This paper is an empirical investigation of the complementarity between education and training in 13 European countries …, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). After confirming the standard result that training incidence is … higher among individuals with more education, I find that the relationship between educational attainment and training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402339
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Deconstructing theories of overeducation in Europe : a wage decomposition approach
McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2016
This paper uses data from the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey, a new international dataset of adult workers in 28 EU countries, to decompose the wage penalty of overeducated workers. The ESJ survey allows for integration of a rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451997
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The effect of the Bologna Process on the duration of studies
Lerche, Katharina - 2016
This paper evaluates the effect of replacing traditional German five-year degrees with three-year bachelor programs on the duration until graduation and dropping out of university. Using an extensive dataset containing detailed administrative data on more than 9000 students, competing risks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503095