...Leszek Wincenciak; Gabriela Grotkowska Purpose This paper analyses whether overeducation is more persistent in routine-intensive jobs than in non-routine jobs, using individual-level labour-market transitions to compare outcomes across occupations with different task profiles. Design...

... mismatch, particularly overeducation. When migrants consistently require higher qualifications to access the same occupations as non-migrants, overeducation becomes a policy-relevant issue. Design/methodology/approach In 2014, China launched hukou reforms to ease migrants' access to urban hukou...

...Ishari Madukala Jayasinghege; Min Bai Purpose This paper examines the earnings effects of educational mismatch in the New Zealand labour market over a decade. Using longitudinal data from 2013, 2018, and 2023, it applies a fixed-effects model to analyse how overeducation and undereducation affect...

...@tecnocampus.cat 09 03 2025 28 06 2025 31 08 2025 01 09 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Wages Brain drain Overeducation PhD mobility Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2021-126549NB-I00...

...Jinzhen Ye; Hongwei Huang; Huan Xie Purpose Extensive research highlights the substantial impact of overeducation on labor market outcomes. However, few studies explore its effects beyond the labor market. This paper examines whether and how overeducation influences fertility. Design...

.... This phenomenon has also affected the number of overeducated (undereducated) wage earners in the labor market. In this study, we first consider compulsory education policy to calculate the educational mismatch. Our aim is to analyze the wage returns of overeducated (undereducated) workers employed in the public...

...José M. Arranz; Carlos García-Serrano Purpose This article aims to analyse the impact of overeducation on the wage level and wage growth of young workers. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data from individual administrative records of young people who are entering the labour market...

...Aleksander Kucel; Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí Purpose Research shows that parental employment and education status affect the amount of parental childcare time, which is a fundamental determinant of children's outcomes. In this paper, the authors study whether being overeducated – working in a job...

...Begona Eguia; Carlos Rodriguez Gonzalez; Felipe Serrano Purpose The authors’ goal in this paper is to study if there are long-run effects on the wages of those workers who entered the labour market overeducated but who have, over time, been able to overcome this situation by obtaining a job...

...Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta; Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera; Francesco Pastore Purpose The wage effect of job–education vertical mismatch (i.e. overeducation) has only recently been investigated in the case of Ph.D. holders. The existing contributions rely on ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates that allow...

...Hongye Sun; Giseung Kim Purpose This study aims to investigate the extent to which overeducation imposes wage effects on university graduates, taking into account the individual heterogeneity due to skills and innate ability. Design/methodology/approach Using Graduates Occupation and Mobility...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Underemployment Overeducation Overqualification Mismatch Graduate Higher education Graduate employment Labour market transition Higher education (HE), in partnership with industry, needs...

...Carolina Castagnetti; Luisa Rosti; Marina Töpfer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the pivotal role of overeducation in explaining the unexplained part of the gender pay gap (GPG), i.e. the component usually attributed to gender discrimination in the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition...

... provided by job analysts about the schooling required for each occupation. The latter of which is used to classify workers as undereducated, overeducated, or adequately matched. Estimates include individual fixed effects to control for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity. Findings Evidence...

... at the establishment level. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper analyses the impact of overeducated and undereducated workers among an establishment’s workforce on its productivity, providing first representative evidence for Germany. Using linked employer-employee...

.... The authors evaluate the impact of overeducation on wage using propensity score and treatment models. Findings – The authors show that overeducated have longer unemployment spells than their well-matched peers. This evidence implies that when assessing the impact of overeducation on wages, the duration...