By making use of Duncan & Hoffman's empirical model, the economic returns to overeducation and undereducation are … education. Returns to overeducation are positive but smaller than those to required education. Years of undereducation result in … education, and the estimated coefficients of undereducation are non-significant for many countries. The results also suggest …

under scrutiny overeducation is decreasing and undereducation is increasing, indicating that labour market demand is keeping … mismatch, this study analyses the short and medium-term effects of over- and undereducation on the wages of newly hired workers …

overeducation, undereducation, or a mix of the two. We assess the role of human resource practices in reducing the intensity of … correlate with lower undereducation but increased overeducation, while second-level bargaining increases undereducation and … reduces overeducation. …

The academic circles are devoting a growing interest to delayed graduation and overeducation, but none has analyzed the … period and overeducation, and the effects of these variables on wages, using the ISFOL-Plus data. According to the human … based on the screening hypothesis. First, delayed graduation increases the chances of overeducation. In addition, the direct …

This paper aims to survey the theoretical and empirical literature on cross-country differences in overeducation. While … technological change and globalization have entailed a skill-bias in the evolution of labour demand in the Anglo-Saxon countries … raise in the share of skilled occupations, therefore generating skills mismatch. This suggests that a demand …

This paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on AlmaLaurea data. We focus on … jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in 2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high - at 11 … demand for skills, one should also reckon the inability of the educational system to provide work-related skills. Moreover …

heterogeneity when analyzing the labor market effects of over- and undereducation. Using pooled OLS, the estimation results confirm …