Job congruence, academic achievement, and earnings

Neumann, George R.; Olitsky, Neal H.; Robbins, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2009.03.004

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“…University students are at an age where they lack psychological and social capability to manage their daily life stressors (Hamdan-Mansour, Dardas, Nawafleh, & Abu Isba, 2012). They strive for higher academic achievement in order to secure better jobs and satisfy their own actualization needs while lacking resources and are burdened with psychological and social demands (Hamdan-Mansour et al, 2012; Neumann et al, 2009). However, the limited psychological and social capabilities and experiences might interfere with their ability to manage the increased demands, which leads to their increased vulnerability to mental health problems and negatively influences their academic performance and educational achievement (Hamaideh & Hamdan-Mansour, 2012).…”

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Prevalence and association of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder with academic performance among female university students

Shehadeh

Hamdan‐Mansour

2017

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Prevalence and association of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder with academic performance among female university students

Shehadeh

Hamdan‐Mansour

2017

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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“…Congruence between vocational interests and educational major is associated with persistence (Le, Robbins, & Westrick, ), timely degree attainment (Allen & Robbins, ), and GPA (Tracey & Robbins, ). Congruence between vocational interests and occupation is associated with income and tenure (Neumann, Olitsky, & Robbins, ; Strong Jr., ).…”

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A Psychological Approach to Human Capital

Kell

Robbins

et al. 2018

ETS Research Report Series

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The concept of human capital originated in economics over 200 years ago. The current paper takes a novel approach to human capital by interpreting it from a psychological perspective. We divide human capital into 2 domains: traditional and nontraditional. The traditional domain consists of the constructs that have been historically classified as human capital: the cognitive skills and knowledge associated with educational success and measured by high‐stakes tests. The nontraditional domain consists of constructs that have not historically been associated with human capital: personality traits, vocational interests, and psychosocial and academic‐related factors. Both traditional and nontraditional human capitals are important predictors of school and work success. Science, however, is concerned with developing explanations in addition to making accurate predictions, and we move beyond a descriptive taxonomy of human capital constructs by providing a psychological process‐based account of human capital grounded in the cognitive–affective processing system (CAPS) developed by Mischel and Shoda. To practically illustrate the power of this approach for explaining how human capital is manifested in individuals' actions, we offer a CAPS‐based model of student help‐seeking behavior—a type of behavior that is an important facilitator of positive educational outcomes.

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“…The results of this regression show that the effects of the horizontal and vertical mismatches are negative and significant; this validates the prediction of the assignment model in which, for the wage function that ensures the market equilibrium, the more competent individuals for each job (those well matched) receive a wage premium due to the existence of comparative advantages. There's evidence in favor of the assignment models (Hartog, 1981(Hartog, , 1986a(Hartog, , 1986b(Hartog, , 2000Heijke et al, 2003;Neumann et al, 2009;Sattinger, 1975Sattinger, , 1993 regarding that the wage is determined not only by individual characteristics but also by job characteristics.…”

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Congruence of Higher Education: Determinants and Effects of the Allocation Process in the Labor Market, Applied Case to Colombia

Estrada

Ospina-Londoño

2016

SSRN Journal

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This paper provides new evidences to the literature of assignment in the labor market for the Colombian case. Specifically it focuses on the existing relationship between acquired human capital in higher education and its congruence in the labor market. Differing from previews studies, the misallocation analysis is not only based on the horizontal component and the educational mismatch, but it also includes the vertical mechanism (vertical mechanism is related to skills mismatch and horizontal mechanism is related to professional career mismatch). Another contribution is how we measure the abilities through an exploratory factor analysis. The data are taken from the Survey of Graduates of Higher Education Institutions 2014, provided by OLE. We employ a two-step treatment effect method proposed by Heckman (1974Heckman ( , 1979 and Lee (1978)), we found that generic abilities raise the probability of horizontal mismatch and diminish the probability of vertical mismatch. On the other hand, specific abilities lower the probability of both horizontal and vertical mismatch. In terms of wages, we found evidence that confirmed the results of the assignment models because it exists a wage penalty for the mismatched individuals (Sattinger, 1993).JEL classification: C35; J24; J31

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Job congruence, academic achievement, and earnings

Cited by 31 publications

References 36 publications

Prevalence and association of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder with academic performance among female university students

Prevalence and association of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder with academic performance among female university students

A Psychological Approach to Human Capital

Congruence of Higher Education: Determinants and Effects of the Allocation Process in the Labor Market, Applied Case to Colombia

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