...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...

... apprentices during their working life. They show that training in large and medium-sized firms is associated with considerably less unemployment. This, however, may simply be the result of sorting processes, i.e. larger training firms with higher wage levels attract and choose the most able young workers...