Overqualification, job dissatisfaction, and increasing dispersion in the returns to graduate education
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Increasing dispersion in the returns to graduate education is found, using quantile regression. This trend is related to rising overqualification. We distinguish between and validate measures of “Real” and “Formal” overqualification, according to whether it is or is not accompanied by underutilisation of skill; and using a unique data series in Britain we report the trend in overqualification t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Economic Papers
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0030-7653,1464-3812
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq002