The overqualified Canadian graduate: the role of the academic program in the incidence, persistence, and economic returns to overqualification

Frenette, Marc

doi:10.1016/s0272-7757(03)00043-8

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“…The incidence and earnings effects of educational mismatch are well documented in the economic literature and findings are quite consistent (Hartog, 2000, Leuven andOosterbeek, 2011). They notably show that, in a given job with a specific level of required education, over-(under-) educated workers earn more (less) than those who have just the required education for the job (Battu et al, 1999, Dolton 3 and Vignoles, 2000, Frenette, 2004, McGuinness, 2003, van der Meer, 2006. In contrast, the evidence regarding the impact of over-and under-education on firm productivity is mixed, indirect and subject to various potential biases.…”

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“…Other studies regarding the wage effects of educational mismatch also highlight that, in a given job with a specific level of required education, over-(under-) educated workers earn more (less) than those who have just the required education for the job (Battu et al, 1999, Dolton and Vignoles, 2000, Duncan and Hoffman, 1981, Groot, 1996, Groot and Maassen van den Brink, 2000, Sicherman, 1991, van der Meer, 2006. Although part of this premium (penalty) may be explained by workers' unobserved heterogeneity (Bauer, 2002, Chevalier, 2003, Dolton and Silles, 2008, Frenette, 2004, Lamo and Messina, 2010, McGuinness, 2003, McGuinness and Sloane, 2011, current evidence on the basis of human capital theory thus suggests that over-(under-) education increases (reduces) workers' productivity. 2 Another strand of the literature examines the impact of educational mismatch on job satisfaction and other correlates of workers' productivity (such as absenteeism, shirking, turnover or training).…”

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The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data

Kampelmann

Rycx

2012

Economics of Education Review

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We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer-employee panel data for Belgium covering the period 1999-2006. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, cohort effects and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii) additional years of undereducation (among young workers) are detrimental for firm productivity. AbstractWe provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer-employee panel data for Belgium covering the period 1999-2006. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, cohort effects and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii) additional years of under-education (among young workers) are detrimental for firm productivity. JEL Classification: I21; J24

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The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data

Kampelmann

Rycx

2012

Economics of Education Review

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“…More recently, Frenette (2004) examined the incidence, persistence and economic returns to overqualification among Canadian post-secondary graduates using panel data. He found that master's graduates are far more likely to be overqualified for their current job than others.…”

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Do Chinese Employers Avoid Hiring Overqualified Workers? Evidence from an Internet Job Board

Shen¹,

Kühn²

2013

Research in Labor Economics

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“…One approach involves the consideration of panel data sets in order to control for all unobserved individual fixed effects (Bauer, 2002;Frenette, 2004;Korpi and Tåhlin, 2009;Tsai, 2010). They find that the wage penalty associated with being overeducated falls dramatically and even disappears when it is estimated by fixed effects, suggesting that (part of) the effect of educational mismatch is caused by unobserved individual ability.…”

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Overeducation, Skills and Wage Penalty: Evidence for Spain Using PIAAC Data

Nieto

Ramos

2016

Soc Indic Res

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The overqualified Canadian graduate: the role of the academic program in the incidence, persistence, and economic returns to overqualification

Cited by 161 publications

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The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data

The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data

Do Chinese Employers Avoid Hiring Overqualified Workers? Evidence from an Internet Job Board

Overeducation, Skills and Wage Penalty: Evidence for Spain Using PIAAC Data

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