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Qualifikatorisches (Mis)matching und die Ausnutzung von fachlichen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten von Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland : zur Bedeutung von Personen- und Arbeitsplatzmerkm...

Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela; Tiemann, Michael - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 2, pp. 99-119

/BAuA Employment Survey 2006 to compute two different measures of person-to-job matching. A first measure indicates an educational (mis …

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Are Poles stuck in overeducation? : individual dynamics of educational mismatch in Poland

Baran, Jan Aleksander - In: Baltic journal of economics 24 (2024) 1, pp. 145-179

The paper investigates the short-run job mobility of educationally mismatched workers, examining the validity of the Sicherman-Galor hypothesis, which predicts that overeducation is a temporary condition from a worker's perspective associated with higher upward occupational and wage mobility....

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The changing situation of loabor market entrants in Germany : a long-run analysis of wages and occupational patterns

Reinhold, Mario; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2016

Concurrently with a steady increase of the supply of college educated workers, recent evidence for the U.S. indicated a decline in the demand for and the real wages of this group after 2000. We investigate empirically, whether there has been a similar trend in Germany. Based on comprehensive,...

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Meritocracy across countries

Bandiera, Oriana; Kotia, Ananya; Lindenlaub, Ilse; … - 2024

Are labor markets in higher-income countries more meritocratic, in the sense that worker-job matching is based on … the role of worker-job matching in development accounting, we build an equilibrium matching model that allows for cross … determine match feasibility; (ii) technology, which determines the returns to matching; and (iii) idiosyncratic matching …

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Mapping the (mis)match of university degrees in the graduate labor market

Salas-Velasco, Manuel - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper contributes to the scarce literature on the topic of horizontal education-job mismatch in the labor market for graduates of universities. Field-of-study mismatch or horizontal mismatch occurs when university graduates, trained in a particular field, work in another field at their...

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Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies : substantial skill shortages coexist with overeducation, affecting both young and old workers

Kupets, Olga - 2015

Large imbalances between the supply and demand for skills in transition economies are driven by rapid economic restructuring, misalignment of the education system with labor market needs, and underdeveloped adult education and training systems. The costs of mismatches can be large and...

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The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity : evidence from linked panel data

Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2012

We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer-employee panel data for Belgium covering the period 1999-2006. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant unobserved workplace...

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Skill mismatch and learning-by-doing : theory and evidence from time allocation on tasks

Storm, Eduard - 2023

This paper studies wage effects and job mobility as a result of skill mismatch in worker- occupation pairs. I develop a Roy model in which learning on the job induces workers to shift more time towards job-specific activities. Using a short task panel containing data on worker’s time...

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It pays to study for the right job : exploring the causes and consequences of education-occupation job mismatch

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Saavedra Caballero, Fabiola - 2019

With the rapid increase in educational attainment, technological change, and greater job specialization, decisions regarding human capital investment are no longer exclusively about the quantity of education, but rather the type of education to obtain. The skills and knowledge acquired in...

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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany

Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023

Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their similarly educated peers who are in correctly matched...

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