Overeducation in the Early Career of Secondary Education Graduates

Verhaest, Dieter; Schatteman, Tom; Trier, Walter Van

doi:10.1177/1103308815596889

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“…Verhaest et al . () find that a high percentage of Belgian graduates experience persistent overeducation and Clark et al . () show that 66% of overeducated USA workers remaining overeducated after one year.…”

Section: Current Position Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 89%

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Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches

McGuinness

Pouliakas

Redmond

2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

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The term skills mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper, we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the measurement and inter-relatedness of different forms of mismatch. We present a comprehensive analysis of the current position of the literature on skills mismatch and highlight areas which are relatively underdeveloped and may warrant further research. Using data from the European Skills and Jobs Survey, we assess the incidence of various combinations of skills mismatch across the EU. Finally, we review the European Commission's country-specific recommendations and find that skills mismatch, when referring to underutilized human capital in the form of overeducation and skills underutilization, receives little policy attention. In cases where skills mismatch forms part of policy recommendations, the policy advice is either vague or addresses the areas of mismatch for which there is the least available evidence.The job evaluation method is based on the assessments of professional job analysts who are tasked with measuring the educational requirements of occupations for the purpose of constructing occupational dictionaries (such as DOT or O*NET in the United States or SOC in the United Kingdom). The advantage of this approach is that it is perceived to be more accurate as it is based on field expertize. In terms of disadvantages, the job evaluation method is very expensive to carry out and, therefore, is not widely available at a national level. Furthermore, occupational requirements can change rapidly over time suggesting the approach can become outdated if the analysis is not updated on a fairly regular basis

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“…Regarding the determinants of horizontal mismatch, Verhaest et al . (), Robst () and Robert () find a higher likelihood of horizontal mismatch among graduates of arts, humanities and social sciences. Levels et al .…”

Section: Current Position Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 97%

Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches

McGuinness

Pouliakas

Redmond

2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

155

105

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“…Por tanto, que estos jóvenes inicien la carrera profesional con un empleo adecuado a su cualificación es una de las mayores preocupaciones de las instituciones de educación superior, pero también de los responsables de política laboral, de los recién graduados y de la sociedad en general. Y es que las consecuencias para la trayectoria laboral de estar en un empleo con requerimientos de cualificación inferiores a las del trabajador no deben infravalorarse, ya que la sobreeducación puede convertirse en una trampa para el desarrollo de la carrera profesional (Verhaest et al, 2015; Acosta-Ballesteros et al, 2018; Meroni y Vera-Toscano, 2017).…”

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Experiencia laboral durante los estudios y desajuste educativo en el primer empleo en los graduados universitarios españoles

Albert

Rodríguez

Legazpe

2018

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En este trabajo estudiamos el impacto que tienen en el desajuste educativo en el primer empleo de los jóvenes graduados en España diferentes tipos de experiencia laboral durante los estudios: la adquirida mediante trabajos remunerados y la resultante de prácticas externas. Identificamos tres tipos de desajuste entre la cualificación y el primer empleo de los universitarios (sobreeducación, en conocimientos o habilidades y por rama de estudios). Nuestra conclusión fundamental es que la experiencia laboral (remunerada o vía prácticas curriculares) durante los estudios solo reduce las posibilidades de desajuste en el primer empleo si está relacionada con los estudios y no es esporádica.

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“…While some report over-education as a temporary problem for most workers (Robst 1995;Sicherman 1991;Sicherman and Galor 1990), a large number of studies have found that over-education constitutes a persistent problem for many young people. To give some examples of over-education as a problem, Verhaest, Schatterman, and Van Trieer (2015) find that almost 40 per cent of young over-educated remained over-educated for at least 7 years, and according to Baert, Cockx, and Verhaest (2013) over-education is a trap where the monthly transition into better matched jobs decreases significantly. Based on Swedish data, Korpi and Tåhlin (2009) studied the impact of this educational attainment mismatch on wages and wage growth in Sweden, and concluded that over-education generates wage penalties, from which the over-educated do not recover.…”

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Tertiary graduates in low-wage jobs in Sweden 2003–2012

Nordlund

2018

Journal of Education and Work

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Based on Swedish register data from 2003 to 2012, this study attempts to explain over-education and upward mobility among tertiary graduates. Rarely used explanatory factors are central in the analyses, such as 'still in study' and 'field of education'. Tertiary graduates in low-wage jobs are regarded as over-educated. The results of this work suggest that the general increase in graduates correlates well with the increase in over-educated graduates. Many of those who were categorised as over-educated were students, and graduates from some specific fields were particularly vulnerable to working in low-wage jobs. Sixty per cent of the graduates found more suitable jobs, while up to 40 per cent stayed in jobs related to lower wages. Graduates from fields associated with higher risks of over-education were also less likely to experience upward mobility. The increasing occurrence of over-education among graduates may not only result in a substandard utilisation of human capital (and absence of social mobility), it also seems that the presence of large numbers of over-educated graduates in low-paid work may have implications for unskilled workers, through displacement effects.

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Overeducation in the Early Career of Secondary Education Graduates

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches

Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches

Experiencia laboral durante los estudios y desajuste educativo en el primer empleo en los graduados universitarios españoles

Tertiary graduates in low-wage jobs in Sweden 2003–2012

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