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The career prospects of overeducated Americans
Clark, Brian; Joubert, Clément; Maurel, Arnaud - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 3, pp. 1-29
, 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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Educational (mis)match and skill utilization in Germany : assessing the role of worker and job characteristics
Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela; Tiemann, Michael - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 2, pp. 99-119
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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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
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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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014368278
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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014342988
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing body of literature that uses subjective expectation...
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college? : conference paper
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2014 - Preliminary draft (v5feb2014)
Given a severe nurse shortage in Switzerland, this paper investigates Swiss students choice for nursing college education and the impact of their ex ante wage expectations on college enrolment. The analysis contributes to a small developing literature that uses subjective wage expectation data...
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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2001
There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
A consensus has been forged in the last decade that recent periods of sustained growth in total factor productivity and reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling, particularly in low-income countries. Estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369257
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Human capital, schooling and health returns
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
A consensus has been forged in the last decade that recent periods of sustained growth in total factor productivity and reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling, particularly in low-income countries. Estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613259