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Overeducation, major mismatch, and return to higher education tiers: evidence from novel data source of a major online recruitment platform in China
Zheng, Yanqiao; Zhang, Xiaoqi; Zhu, Yu - 2020
We develop a novel approach to study overeducation by extracting pre-match information from online recruitment … method to China, which has experienced a 10-fold expansion of its higher education sector over the last two decades. We find … that about half of online job-seekers in China are two or more years overeducated, resulting in 5.1% pay penalty. However …
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Much ado about nothing? : the wage effect of holding a Ph.D. degree but not a Ph.D. job position
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Lubrano Lavadera, Giuseppe; … - 2016
This paper contributes to the literature on overeducation by empirically investigating its effects on wages among Ph.D. holders. We analyze data collected in 2009 by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) through a large cross-sectional survey of Ph.D. recipients that allowed us...
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Overeducation wage penalty among Ph.D. holders : an unconditional quantile regression analysis on Italian data
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Lubrano Lavadera, Giuseppe; … - 2018
The wage effect of overeducation has only recently been investigated in the case of Ph.D. holders. The existing contributions rely on OLS estimates that allow measuring the average effect of being educationally mismatched at the mean of the conditional wage distribution. This paper, instead,...
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Career paths of PhD graduates in Eastern and Western Germany : same qualification, same labor market outcomes?
Rehs, Andreas; Fuchs, Michaela - 2020
This paper investigates the extent to which the returns to gaining a PhD degree depend upon the region of birth, the region where the degree was earned, and the place of work. Eastern Germany serves as an interesting showcase in light of the ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of...
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Overeducation wage penalty among Ph.D. holders : an unconditional quantile regression analysis on Italian data
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Lubrano Lavadera, Giuseppe; … - 2018
The wage effect of job-education vertical mismatch (i.e. overeducation) has only recently been investigated in the case of Ph.D. holders. The existing contributions rely on OLS estimates that allow measuring the average effect of being mismatched at the mean of the conditional wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798113
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The increasing penalty to occupation-education mismatch
Cassidy, Hugh; Gaulke, Amanda - 2023
College-educated workers in jobs unrelated to their degree generally receive lower wages compared to well-matched workers. Our analysis of data from the National Survey of College Graduates shows that although the rate of this mismatch declined only slightly (19% to 17%), the wage penalty...
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Overeducation, major mismatch, and return to higher education tiers : evidence from novel data source of a major online recruitment platform in China
Zheng, Yanqiao; Zhang, Xiaoqing; Zhu, Yu - In: China economic review : an international journal 66 (2021), pp. 1-16
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Returns to education in China : evidence from the great higher education expansion
Huang, Bin; Tani, Massimiliano; Wei, Yi; Zhu, Yu - 2022
China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999 …. Using the China Household Finance Survey, we show that the Great HE Expansion has exacerbated a large pre-existing urban …
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Higher education expansion, the hukou system, and returns to education in China
Huang, Bin; Zhu, Yu - 2020
China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999 …. Using the China Household Finance Survey, we show that the expansion has exacerbated the large pre-existing urban-rural gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169396
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Education-occupation mismatch and its wage penalties in informal employment in Thailand
Vivatsurakit, Tanthaka; Vechbanyongratana, Jessica - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 1, pp. 119-141
This study examines the incidence of vertical mismatch among formal and informal workers in Thailand. Using the 2011, 2013, and 2015 Thailand Household Socio-economic Surveys, the study analyzes the relationship between vertical mismatch and wage penalties and premiums across four types of...
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