Skill mismatches in the Dutch labor market

Authors
Publication date 2000
Journal International Journal of Manpower
Volume | Issue number 21 | 8
Pages (from-to) 584-595
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Abstract Over the past years a number of studies have appeared on the incidence and returns to overeducation in the labor market. In these studies various definitions of educational mismatches have been used. In this paper we analyze the validity and reliability of three of these definitions. It is found that the definitions differ widely in the workers who are identified as over- or undereducated. Further, the methods yield different estimates of the returns to over- and undereducation.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720010379493
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