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The Theory of Differential Overqualification: Does it Work?

Büchel, Felix; Battu, Harminder - 2002

The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller … not support the theory. Using German panel data (GSOEP), we also test the theory of differential overqualification. Unlike … overqualification hypothesis. …

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Crowding Out in the Labour Market: Do Employers Lend a Hand?

Verhaest, Dieter; Bogaert, Elene; Dereymaeker, Jeroen; … - 2016

We test the basic assumption underlying the job competition and crowding out hypothesis: that employers always prefer higher educated to lower educated individuals. To this end, we conduct a randomised field experiment in which duos of fictitious applications by bachelor and master graduates are...

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The theory of differential overqualifications : does it work?

Büchel, Felix; Battu, Harminder - 2002

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Wage losses due to overqualification : the role of formal degrees and occupational skills

Kracke, Nancy; Reichelt, Malte; Vicari, Basha - 2017

. We test two explanations, namely, formal overqualification and a mismatch of occupational skills. By using the National … mismatches. By using fixed-effects models, we confirm that overqualification is associated with a wage loss of approximately 5 … explain the wage loss of the formal overqualification of employees with vocational training. For academics, both types of …

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Dynamics of overqualification : evidence from the early career of graduates

Erdsiek, Daniel - 2017

This study analyses the persistence and true state dependence of overqualification, i.e. a mismatch between workers … overqualification is highly persistent among tertiary graduates over the first ten years of their career cycle. Accounting for … persistence of overqualification. In particular, selection into initial overqualification at the start of the career is of high …

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The Theory of Differential Overqualification: Does it Work?

Büchel, Felix; Battu, Harminder - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

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Optimal Use of Labour Market Policies

Wunsch, Conny - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2007

Labour market policies for the unemployed combine passive income support with active measures that aim at improving jobseekers' employment prospects. This paper extends the theoretical framework developed by Pavoni and Violante (2005a) for the optimal choice between different active and passive...

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Residential location and youth unemployment : the economic geography of school-to-work transitions

Riphahn, Regina T. - 1999

In response to increased international policy attention to youth unemployment this study investigates post-secondary school transitions of school leavers. Multinomial logit models are estimated for male and female German youth. The models control for individual, parent, and household...

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Youth unemployment after apprenticeship training and individual, occupation and training employer characteristics

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - 2014

This paper analyses the risk of unemployment, unemployment duration and the risk of longterm unemployment immediately after apprenticeship graduation. Unemployed apprenticeship graduates constitute a large share of unemployed youth in Germany but unemployment incidence within this group is...

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Networks and youth labor market entry

Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2013

The paper provides an overview of existing knowledge regarding the role played by social networks in the process where young workers are matched to employing firms. We discuss standard theories of why social networks may be an important element in the job-matching process and survey the...

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