Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a consequence of frustration, overeducated employees are less productive than their correctly allocated colleagues. However, the results obtained in the present study contradict the...

Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a consequence of frustration, overeducated employees are less productive than their correctly allocated colleagues. However, the results obtained in the present study contradict the...

Die Studie gliedert sich in zwei Teile. Im ersten Abschnitt wird die Struktur der Arbeitsplätze betrachtet, die von Frauen besetzt werden, deren formale Qualifikation deutlich über dem Anforderungsniveau der ausgeübten Tätigkeit liegt (unterwertig bzw. ausbildungsinadäquat besetzte...

Thurow's job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...