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 …

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 …

likelihood of being overeducated than natives (i.e. immigrant overeducation). However, evidence is remarkably scarce when it … comes to the overeducation of second-generation immigrants. Using a matched employer-employee database for Belgium over the … the intergenerational nexus between overeducation and origin among tertiary-educated workers. We show that immigrant …

likelihood of being overeducated than natives (i.e. immigrant overeducation). However, evidence is remarkably scarce when it … comes to the overeducation of second-generation immigrants. Using a matched employer-employee database for Belgium over the … the intergenerational nexus between overeducation and origin among tertiary-educated workers. We show that immigrant …

overcome the negative consequences of overeducation. This study examines the hypotheses that overeducated workers sort into …, I show that overeducation associates with a higher likelihood of sorting into performance pay jobs and that performance …

overcome the negative consequences of overeducation. This study examines the hypotheses that overeducated workers sort into …, I show that overeducation associates with a higher likelihood of sorting into performance pay jobs and that performance …

Sicherman-Galor hypothesis, which predicts that overeducation is a temporary condition from a worker's perspective associated …

signaling value of education accompanied by more overeducation particularly among upperclass offspring. We identify five … that the incidence of overeducation has increased. • There is a steep positive social gradient in overeducation …: Overeducation is more frequent and has risen faster among offspring in upper-class families. • There is a steep negative social …