Add to ORKGInternational evidence shows that returns to education are increasing when moving up along the wage distribution. While researchers have focused on the inequality implications of this finding, little attention has been paid to its causes. This paper asks whether the over-education phenomenon is responsible for the observed pattern. To that purpose, recent data from the European Community Household Panel and several measures of over-education based on the worker’s self-assessment are used. The results show that over-education is not a convincing explanation
This paper uses a sample of private sector male workers from the European Community Household Panel ...
This paper studies the relationship between mismatch between workers’ skills and labour market requi...
This paper adds to the overeducation literature using panel data from the British Household Panel Su...
International evidence shows that conditional wage dispersion increases as we move towards more educ...
This paper asks whether educational mismatches can account for the positive association between educ...
In this paper we use the European Community Household Panel to explore the connection between educat...
Much has been written about the impact of over-education on wages using cross-sectional data, althou...
In this paper we use the European Community Household Panel to explore the connection between educat...
Quantile regression estimates of returns to education are used to address the relation between scho...
This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries....
The overeducation literature has typically assumed that the effect of overeducation on wages is cons...
We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European...
In this paper we investigate the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European ...
This paper shows that the existence and persistence of ‘overeducation’ can be explained by an extens...
This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries....
This paper uses a sample of private sector male workers from the European Community Household Panel ...
This paper studies the relationship between mismatch between workers’ skills and labour market requi...
This paper adds to the overeducation literature using panel data from the British Household Panel Su...
International evidence shows that conditional wage dispersion increases as we move towards more educ...
This paper asks whether educational mismatches can account for the positive association between educ...
In this paper we use the European Community Household Panel to explore the connection between educat...
Much has been written about the impact of over-education on wages using cross-sectional data, althou...
In this paper we use the European Community Household Panel to explore the connection between educat...
Quantile regression estimates of returns to education are used to address the relation between scho...
This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries....
The overeducation literature has typically assumed that the effect of overeducation on wages is cons...
We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European...
In this paper we investigate the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European ...
This paper shows that the existence and persistence of ‘overeducation’ can be explained by an extens...
This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries....
This paper uses a sample of private sector male workers from the European Community Household Panel ...
This paper studies the relationship between mismatch between workers’ skills and labour market requi...
This paper adds to the overeducation literature using panel data from the British Household Panel Su...