Aşırı Eğitim, Eğitim-İş Uyuşmazlığı ve İran İşgücü Piyasasında Üniversite Mezunu İş Arayanların İş Becerileri

Abstract

This study was aimed at exploring the correlation among over-education, educational-job mismatch and the skills of university graduates job seekers in the labor market of Iran. Based on micro-data taken from local job seekers with university degrees who registered in private jobfinding agencies (JFAs) in Urmia city in 2015, this relationship was estimated. Out of a population of 3481 job applicants with tertiary education (bachelor's or above degrees), 366 were selected based on random sampling. Regression analysis and Logit model were utilized to investigate this relationship. In our regression analysis, over-education was considered as the dependent variable, while age, gender and skill acted as explanatory variables. The findings of this study indicate that with rising qualifications of the university graduates job applicants, the possibility of overeducation and education-occupation mismatch increases, but there is a negative correlation with age and probability of educational mismatch.