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Asymmetric Information And Overeducation [PDF]
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012 Abstract We consider an economy where production may use labor of two different skill levels. Workers are heterogeneous and, by investing in education, self-select into one of the two skills. Ex-ante, when firms choose their investments in physical capital, they do not know the level of human capital prevailing in the labor market they ...
C. Mendolicchio +2 more
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The Career Prospects of Overeducated Americans [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 Abstract In this paper we analyze career dynamics for US workers who have more schooling than their peers in the same occupation. We use data from the NLSY79 combined with the CPS to analyze transitions into and out of overeducated employment, together with the corresponding effects on wages.
Clark, B, Joubert, C, Maurel, AP
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Overeducation and unemployment spells’ duration
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2010 AbstractThis work proposes an investigation of educational mismatch focusing on the study of individuals’ unemployment spells. We present evidence for Italy, showing that overeducation is basically an occurrence that follows long periods of unemployment and it is strictly related to individuals’ innate ability. We build up a matching model coupled with
ORDINE, Patrizia, ROSE, Giuseppe
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Overeducation and Individual Heterogeneity [PDF]
, 2003 In this paper, the efficiency of human capital investments is evaluated in the light of inadequate educational careers and skill obsolescence. Assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling and overeducation we use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings as a continuous treatment effect ...
Maier, Michael +2 more
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Overeducation in the labour market
Ekonomia i Prawo, 2017 Motivation: Many new phenomena which the Polish economy had never seen before transition manifested themselves. The society showed greater interest in higher education and the market for education services expanded, increasing the number of colleges and universities.
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Wage Inequality and Unemployment with Overeducation [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 A skill-biased change in technology can account at once for the changes observed in a number of important variables of the US labour market between 1970 and 1990. These include the increasing inequality in wages, both between and within education groups, and the increase in unemployment at all levels of education.
Mateos-Planas, Xavier +1 more
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Overeducation among SwedishYouth [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper we analyse the changes that have taken place on the supply and demand sides of the Swedish labour market during recent decades, with particular focus on youths and the extent to which Swedish youths have become "overeducated". We first provide an overview of theoretical and measurement issues related to the concept of overeducation ...
Bourdet , Yves, Persson, Inga
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Overeducation, Regional Labor Markets and Spatial Flexibility [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002 For most workers, access to suitable employment is severely restricted by the fact that they look for jobs in the regional labor market rather than the global one. In this paper we analyze how macrolevel opportunities (regional market characteristics) and microlevel restrictions (the extent to which job searchers are restricted to the regional market ...
Büchel, F., van Ham, M.
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The Essence of Overeducation in China [PDF]
Proceedings of the 2013 the International Conference on Education Technology and Information Systems, 2012 This paper provides an Analysis of the over-education of graduates in China. It first reviews some theoretical explanation about over-education, then proceeds to argue how over-education can form in the context of the industrial upgrading and labor market segmentation by using Beveridge Curve.
null Ping Zhang, null Anrong Hu
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What determines measured overeducation? [PDF]
, 2004 We analyse the determinants of overeducation among school leavers within a search theoretical framework. Overeducation is measured on the basis of job analysis (JA), the required level to get the job (RL) and realised matches (RM). It is shown that the choice of the measure is crucial for the outcome of the analysis.
D. VERHAEST, E. OMEY
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