In mei 2003 heeft Hogeschool INHOLLAND het Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA) van de Universiteit Maastricht opdracht verleend een instrument te ontwikkelen waarmee de mening van het werkveld over de kwaliteit van haar opleidingen in kaart kan worden gebracht. Het instrument is...

In this paper, we empirically explore how the often reported relationship between overeducation and wages can best be understood. Exploiting the newly published Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data (OECD 2013), we are able to achieve a better estimation of...

Education-job mismatches are reported to have serious effects on wages and other labour market outcomes. Such results are often cited in support of assignment theory, but can also be explained by institutional and human capital models. To test the assignment explanation, we examine the relation...