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Wage losses due to overqualification : the role of formal degrees and occupational skills

Kracke, Nancy; Reichelt, Malte; Vicari, Basha - 2017

. We test two explanations, namely, formal overqualification and a mismatch of occupational skills. By using the National … mismatches. By using fixed-effects models, we confirm that overqualification is associated with a wage loss of approximately 5 … explain the wage loss of the formal overqualification of employees with vocational training. For academics, both types of …

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Inequality, Technology and Job Polarization of the Youth Labor Market in Europe

Bheemaiah, Kariappa - 2015

This paper presents a connecting methodology in order to trace the emerging dynamics of inequality for the youth populace of Europe. We determine that the development of these dynamics are directly affected by the advancement of technology, and especially related to Information and Communication...

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Discouraged worker effect and labor market behavior of urban married women

Tayal, Deeksha; Paul, Sourabh Bikas - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 93-122

women from participating in the labor market and the prevalence of underemployment, in terms of overqualification by …

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The incidence and wage penalty of overqualification : the case of Egypt

Fakih, Ali; Lizzaik, Zeina - 2024

The phenomenon of overqualification is becoming increasingly common across many countries. In this research study, the … main objective is to examine factors that determine overqualification, the impact of overqualification on wages, and the … determining overqualification. The empirical results reveal that different sociodemographic, economic sector, and job …

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The incidence and wage penalty of overqualification : the case of Egypt

Fakih, Ali; Lizzaik, Zeina - 2024

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Unemployment versus inactivity : an analysis of the earnings and labor force status of prime age men in France, the UK, and the US at the end of the 20th century

Bičáková, Alena (contributor) - 2005

This paper focuses on the differences in earnings and labor force status of low-skilled prime age men in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States at the end of the 20th century, and their relation to the differences in wage dispersion. In the UK and the US, where the bottom of the wage...

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Wage Compression and Firm-Sponsored Training : Empirical Evidence for the Acemoglu-Pischke Model from German Establishment Data

Beckmann, Michael - 2002

This paper investigates the determinants of firm-sponsored training which result from the Acemoglu-Pischke model (APM) empirically using German firm-level data on apprenticeship training. Acemoglu and Pischke (1999a, 1999b) demonstrate that wage compression may encourage employers to offer and...

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Overeducation at a Glance : Determinants and Wage Effects of the Educational Mismatch, Looking at the Almalaurea Data

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto - 2013

This paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on AlmaLaurea data. We focus on jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in 2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high – at 11.4 and 8% – when compared to EU economies. Ceteris...

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Overeducation at a glance : determinants and wage effects of the educational mismatch, looking at the AlmaLaurea data

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2013

This paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on AlmaLaurea data. We focus on jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in 2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high - at 11.4 and 8% - when compared to EU economies. Ceteris...

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Overeducation at a glance : determinants and wage effects of the educational mismatch based on AlmaLaurea data

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2017

This essay delivers two main innovations with respect to the existing literature. First, and foremost, by extending the work of Nicaise (2010) relative to the reservation wage to the case of overeducation, we propose a statistical test to discriminate between alternative theoretical...

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