...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...

.... 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...

... 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...