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Non-standard employment and underemployment at labor market entry and their impact on later wage trajectories

Fauser, Sophia; Mooi-Reci, Irma - 2025

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Is any job better than no job? : utilising Jahoda's latent deprivation theory to reconceptualise underemployment

Beck, Vanessa; Warren, Tracey; Lyonette, Clare - 2025

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Unemployment, underemployment, and secular stagnation in a small open economy

Hashimoto, Ken'ichi; Ono, Yoshiyasu; Schlegl, Matthias - 2025

In this paper, we develop a small open economy model of secular stagnation that allows for both unemployment and underemployment. While unemployment results from the standard search and matching friction, underemployment in the form of an involuntary shortfall of working hours occurs under...

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Economic consequences of vertical mismatch

Garibaldi, Pietro; Gomes, Pedro; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - 2025

We study two first‐order economic consequences of vertical mismatch, using a simple (neoclassical) model of under and overemployment. Individuals of high type can perform both skilled and unskilled jobs, but only a fraction of low‐type workers can perform skilled jobs. People have different...

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Local labour markets, workforce planning and underemployment

Houston, Donald; Lindsay, Colin; Stewart, Robert W.; … - 2025

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Financialisation, underemployment and the disconnected Greek capitalism

Gouzoulis, Giorgos; Iliopoulos, Panagiotis; Galanis, Giorgos - 2025

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The scarring effect of graduate underemployment : evidence from the UK

Dickson, Matt; Donnelly, Michael; Kameshwara, Kalyan Kumar - 2024

The UK has one of the highest proportions of tertiary educated workers in Europe but also one of the highest rates of graduate underemployment. Little is known however about the extent to which there is a scarring effect of early graduate underemployment on future labour market outcomes. In this...

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Shorter hours wanted? : a systematic review of working-time preferences and outcomes

Antal, Miklós; Lehmann, Benedikt; Guimaraes, Thiago; … - 2024

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Unraveling the determinants of overemployment and underemployment among older workers in Japan : a machine learning approach

Zhang, Meilian; Yin, Ting; Usui, Emiko; Oshio, Takashi; … - 2024

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Unraveling the determinants of overemployment and underemployment among older workers in Japan : a machine learning approach

Zhang, Meilian; Yin, Ting; Usui, Emiko; Oshio, Takashi; … - 2024

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Optimal short-time work policy in recessions

Stiepelmann, Gero - 2026

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The effect of vertical educational mismatch on wages : evidence from Indonesia's waged sector

Hakim, Dani Rahman; Rosini, Iin - 2026

This study is the first to analyse the determinants and wage impacts of vertical educational mismatches in the wage sector in Indonesia. This study is also the first to examine the wage effect of vertical educational mismatch based on the fields of study, gender, and spatial conditions of the...

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PTSD and refugees' underemployment : evidence from displaced Ukrainians

Foged, Mette; Karstoft, Karen-Inge; Zink, Edith - 2026

Employment gaps between refugees and natives are well documented, yet the role of trauma-related mental health in shaping these gaps remains underexplored, partly because most data sources lack measures of symptoms early after arrival. We assess probable PTSD shortly after displacement in an...

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Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces

2026

New digital and artificial intelligence technologies are fast reshaping skill requirements in the EU labour market, fostering skill mismatches. There are marked concerns about the potentially adverse consequences of automation and AI on employment, as well as the lagging competitiveness of EU...

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Short-time work and unemployment : long-term effects on workers' labor-market outcomes, time use and life satisfaction

Schäper, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina; Zinn, Sabine - 2026

Many countries use job-retention schemes, such as short-time work (STW), to stabilize the labor market during economic downturns. While these schemes might prevent unemployment (UE) and its adverse effects on workers, STW could also deter workers from moving to more productive firms, thereby...

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Determinants and wage penalty of skills mismatch : cross-country evidence from ETF partner countries

Kofol, Chiara; Kriechel, Ben; Melnyk, Maryna; Vetter, Tim; … - 2026

The current literature finds that many employees in low and middle-income countries are over-qualified for their jobs or are employed in an occupation that is unrelated to their principal field of study. Vertical and horizontal mismatches signal that workers cannot fully utilise their skills,...

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Education as a shield against the adverse shock of motherhood : gender, parenthood and overeducation among highly and mid-educated British workers

Ortiz, Luis; McGuinness, Séamus; Nussio, Benedetta - 2026

This research improves our understanding of overeducation by highlighting its risks among middle-educated workers, especially the specific risk that motherhood may pose for job mismatch among them, compared to highly educated women. It employs random-effects and Heckman selection models with...

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College majors and skill mismatch in labour markets : a general equilibrium approach

Rendall, Michelle; Tanaka, Satoshi; Zhang, Yi - 2026

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Imperfect self-knowledge about skills and skill mismatch

Goller, Daniel; Brox, Enzo; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2026

Why do people sort into poorly fitting occupations? This paper shows that imperfect selfknowledge about skills is an important source of skill mismatch at labor market entry. We use unique data from standardized professional aptitude tests linked to administrative records on educational...

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Imperfect self-knowledge about skills and skill mismatch

Goller, Daniel; Brox, Enzo; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2026

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Would workers value a few more hours of work? : technological progress and time-related underemployment among Chinese workers

Zhang, Kangsi; Qiu, Xuenan; Zhu, Chen - 2026

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Long-term effects of initial labor market conditions on young Mexicans

Aguilar Martínez, José Pablo; Campos Rodríguez, … - 2023

In this paper, we analyze the long-term effects of initial labor market conditions on young Mexicans. We construct a synthetic panel from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment. The sample is grouped according to region, educational level, year of interview, and year of entry into the...

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The G.I. Bill and underemployment

Domnisoru, Ciprian - 2023

While the ill luck of graduating during a recession is understood to potentially result in job mismatch, less is known about the drivers of underemployment outside of business cycles. This paper shows that the college subsidy investments undertaken as part of the WWII, Vietnam War, and Post-9/11...

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The G.I. Bill and Underemployment

Domnisoru, Ciprian - 2023

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Underemployment and overemployment in Central Europe

Dvouletý, Ondřej - 2023

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Unemployment, underemployment, and secular stagnation in a small open economy

Hashimoto, Ken-ichi; Ono, Yoshiyasu; Schlegl, Matthias - 2025

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Reconceptualising labour utilisation and underutilisation with new "full-time equivalent" employment and unemployment rates

Houston, Donald; Lindsay, Colin - 2025

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How has the partner influenced the spouse's employment situation in Spain before and during Covid-19?

Rodríguez Hernández, José Enrique - 2025

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How has the partner influenced the spouse's employment situation in Spain before and during Covid-19?

Rodríguez Hernández, José Enrique - 2025

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Mismatch matters : education and productivity in laggard and frontier firms

Rocha, Ana Beatriz; Figueiredo, Hugo; Sá, Carla; … - 2025

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Beschäftigungssicherung : Kurzarbeit plus Qualifizierung

Weber, Enzo - 2025

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Import shock and local labour market outcomes : a Sino-Indian case study

Shi, Feiyang - 2025

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Import shock and local labour market outcomes: A Sino-Indian case study

Shi, Feiyang - 2022

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Import shock and local labour market outcomes : a Sino-Indian case study

Shi, Feiyang - 2022

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The employment effects of job retention schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ounnas, Alexandre - 2025

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Short-time work and unionization

Biancardi, Daniele; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - 2022

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Short-time work and unionization

Biancardi, Daniele; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - 2025

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Rigid yet resilient : firms' margins of adjustment to demand shocks in regulated labour markets

Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - 2025

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Rigid yet resilient : firms' margins of adjustment to demand shocks in regulated labour markets

Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - 2025

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Attained vs effective schooling : assessing educational mismatch using PIAAC data

Murillo Huertas, Inés P.; Raymond, Josep Ll - 2025

This article proposes a measure of educational mismatch based on a novel definition of schooling that takes into account the different levels of skills acquired by individuals with the same education. It is assumed that less (more) able individuals could compensate for their skill deficit...

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Crowding out or "one-size-fits-all" occupations? : a regional exploration of youth overeducation in Spain

Capsada-Munsech, Queralt; Ortiz, Luis - 2025

Little attention has been paid to supply- and demand-side factors explaining regional variation in youth overeducation. These factors might be drivers of a crowding out effect, where workers at a given level of education are expelled from their "matched" labour market positions by workers with a...

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Output costs of education and skill mismatch in OECD countries

Garibaldi, Pietro; Gomes, Pedro; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - 2025

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The impact of short-time work during the great recession

Bermúdez-Barrezueta, Natalia; Cockx, Bart; Bijnens, Gert - 2025

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Who bears the brunt : tuition fees and educational mismatch

Geißler, Theresa - 2025

Exploiting the quasi-experimental introduction of tuition fees in selected federal states of Germany between 2006 and 2014, this study investigates how these fees affect the likelihood of overeducation based on data from the SOEP. Reporting lower bound estimates, the findings show that graduates...

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Job mismatch and early career success

Cullen, Julie Berry; Dahl, Gordon B.; De Thorpe, Richard - 2026

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Job mismatch and early career success

Cullen, Julie Berry; Dahl, Gordon B.; De Thorpe, Richard - 2025

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Job mismatch and early career success

Cullen, Julie Berry; Dahl, Gordon B.; De Thorpe, Richard - 2025

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Job mismatch and early career success

Cullen, Julie Berry; Dahl, Gordon B.; De Thorpe, Richard - 2025

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The impact of shorttime work during the Great Recession

Bermudez-Barrezueta, Natalia; Cockx, Bart; Bijnens, Gert - 2025

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The impact of short-time work during the great recession

Bermudez-Barrezueta, Natalia; Cockx, Bart; Bijnens, Gert - 2025

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Working in the wrong job or in the wrong industry? : graduate mismatch in turbulent times

Robinson, Catherine; Vecchi, Michela - 2025

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Vertical Skills Mismatch in Türkiye's Labor Market

Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2025

This paper examines vertical skills mismatch in Türkiye using a refined measure that adjusts for occupation, age group, sector, and year to isolate genuine education-job misalignment from compositional artifacts. Drawing on nationally representative labor force survey microdata from 2009 to...

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Beyond one-size-fits-all in school-to-work transition success : the role of career competency profiles

Blokker, Rowena; Akkermans, Jos; Nguyen, Y. Ngoc Nhu; … - 2025

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The growing pains of education : exploring educational mismatch trends

Krejčí, Martin; Balcar, Jiří - 2025

Since the 1990s, the Czech Republic has witnessed a significant increase in educational attainment, leading to a rise in educational mismatch. This study investigates the prevalence of vertical and horizontal educational mismatch using data from surveys conducted in 2011 and 2022 on Czech prime...

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Overeducation under different macroeconomic conditions : how Spanish university graduates fit in the labor market?

Blázquez Cuesta, Maite; Pérez Navarro, Marco A.; … - 2025

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Report on labour shortages and surpluses : 2024

2025

This seventh edition of the European Employment Services (EURES) report on labour market imbalances explores the current status of labour shortages and surpluses and how they have developed over time. Since the first report, published in 2016, the methodology for identifying labour shortages and...

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Report on labour shortages and surpluses : 2024

2025

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Report on labour shortages and surpluses : 2024

2025

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Report on labour shortages and surpluses : 2024

2025

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Gendered wage penalties for the overeducated : the experiences of young men and women in ten European countries

Jagannathan, Radha; Camasso, Michael - 2025

In this study, we examine the impact of overeducation on wages and wage penalties among 19,000 young men and women aged 18-35 in ten European countries. Using data from the Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-sufficiency and Entrepreneurship (CUPESSE) project and controlling for some endogeneity...

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Underemployment of college graduates : is doing anything better than doing nothing?

Ndayikeza, Michel Armel - 2025

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Spotlight on jobs and skills : Czechia

2025

Drawing on its rich country-level skills intelligence, Cedefop develops its Spotlights on jobs and skills for EU-27 Member States, Iceland and Norway. The Spotlights provide insights into the current labour market landscape, future trends, and skills anticipation in each country. The analysis is...

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Occupational skill mismatch in self-employment : prevalence and income implications

Patel, Pankaj - 2025

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Reconceptualising labour utilisation and underutilisation with new "full-time equivalent" employment and unemployment rates

Houston, Donald; Lindsay, Colin - 2025

Time-related underemployment (wanting to work more hours) has become an entrenched feature of a number of mature economies since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, recent short-run post-COVID labour shortages notwithstanding. Employment and unemployment rates are thus increasingly inadequate...

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Returns to professional licenses and education-occupation (mis)matching

Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie; Vargas, Anna Rita P.; Luzon, … - 2025

Cognizant of the persistent concerns about the lack of alignment of skills and education with industry and occupation needs, this paper investigates returns to professional licenses alongside education-occupation matching. It also analyzes the effects of individual and higher education...

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