Results 21 to 30 of about 221 (182)

Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
This chapter surveys the economics literature on overeducation. The original motivation to study this topic reports that the strong increase in the number of college graduates in the early 1970s in the United States led to a decrease in the returns to college education.
Leuven, E., Oosterbeek, H.
openaire   +5 more sources

Land transfer distortion and overeducation during China’s transition period

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Land transfer distortion remains a critical institutional factor in China’s economic landscape, but its impact on labor market efficiency, particularly overeducation, is under-explored.
Cuini Li, Cuini Li, Shengqing Yang, Xiaotong Ma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diplomados universitários e sobre-educação

Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2017
The overeducation of university graduates is at present a relevant issue in social sciences. Determinants and consequences of that situation, both in personal and social terms, are extensively analyzed in reference literature.
Carlos Manuel Gonçalves
doaj   +1 more source

Choosing a Field of Education: Signaling, Mismatch, and Equilibrium Shifting

Ekonomista, 2022
In this paper the author reviews a well-known model of job market signaling through education, extending it to a choice of a field of study. In the theoretical part, she extends the classic model, by analyzing a game of education choice with continuum ...
Joanna Franaszek
doaj   +1 more source

Demographic Dynamics and International Trade: Stylized Facts and Theoretical Insights

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Demographic change within a country has economic repercussions for other countries through international transactions. Ongoing shifts in population size and age structure across countries have important implications for international trade, operating through changes in market size, consumption preferences, and labor supply.
Kumuthini Sivathas
wiley   +1 more source

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, Cuandras-Morato, Xavier   +1 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Evidence From South Africa, 1947–2019

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 605-631, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper provides empirical evidence of how high‐level human capital outflow could affect TFP‐based economic development and vice versa. The concern of potential endogeneity between brain drain and economic development is addressed directly.
Johannes Fedderke, Xiaodi Dong
wiley   +1 more source

Approaches to Skills Mismatch in the Labour Market: A Literature Review

Papers, 2011
Skills mismatch in the labour market describes the fact that levels or types of skills of individuals are inadequate in view of particular job requirements. There exists no accepted unified theory of skills mismatch.
Guillem Sala Lorda
doaj   +1 more source

Far From Routine: Employers' Recruitment and Control Strategies in Two Low Wage Sectors

Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 181-191, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Contrary to HRM's prevailing view that low wage work is routine and not requiring specific HR strategies, this study reveals how employers within low wage sectors pursue active and diverse strategies to segment the labour force and shape the work package.
Eva Herman, Jill Rubery, Gail Hebson
wiley   +1 more source

The regional dimension of overeducation two decades after Poland's accession to the European Union

Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
In this study, we investigated regional variation in overeducation in Poland almost two decades after its 2004 EU accession. Using microdata from the Labour Force Survey and applying the realized matches method, we found that approximately 20% of workers
Grotkowska Gabriela
doaj   +1 more source