Educational-Skill Matches and Labour Achievements among Graduates in Spain

The Determinants of Education-Job Match Among Canadian University Graduates

“…This is not surprising as these fields provide specific skills for specific occupations in the labour market, while the more general programs are not geared for specific careers, and thus would presumably have less of a match. Most of the articles in our study make the distinction between these types of skills, and some (Robst 2007a;Garcia-Espejo and Ibanez 2006;and Wolbers 2003) specifically note the importance of having education-job match in these types of programs, where the labour market penalties for mismatch is more severe. In addition, both the level of study and grades influence the education-job match as well.…”

“…Those who found work in Blue-collar positions or lower tier services had less of a match than whitecollar or professional professions (Witte and Kalleberg 1995;Garcia-Espejo 2006;Krahn and Bowlby 1999). This is likely attributable to the fact that the higher the position, the more likely it would be to require specific credentials, and thus a postsecondary education.…”

“…For example, Roterman (1999) and Garcia-Espejo and Ibanez (2006) find that job mismatches are an important cause of job dissatisfaction. Wolbers (2003) finds that education-job mismatches lead to employee turnover.…”

“…Redpath (1994) notes that a society's economic development depends upon it having a proper match with its educational system. Garcia-Espejo and Ibanez (2006) argue that for society at large, a proper job-education match "leads to social benefits, such as productivity increase and welfare, which derive from an efficient use of the active population's human capital" (p. 141).…”

Education–job match among recent Canadian university graduates

“…Indeed, for society at large, an efficient use of the population's human capital leads to social benefits, such as productivity increase and welfare (Garcia-Espejo and Ibanez, 2006).…”