Horizontal skills mismatch and vocational education.

Autor/inn/en	Eymann, Annina; Schweri, Jürg
Institution	Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung
Titel	Horizontal skills mismatch and vocational education. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Horizontale Fehlqualifikation und Berufsausbildung.
Quelle	Bern (2015), 41 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Selbsteinschätzung; Berufsausbildung; Schweiz; Berufliche Qualifikation; Selbsteinschätzung; Humankapital; Qualifikationsanforderung; Lohnhöhe; Überqualifikation; Mismatch; Humankapital; Lohnhöhe; Mismatch; Berufsausbildung; Ausgeübter Beruf; Berufliche Qualifikation; Bildungsadäquate Beschäftigung; Erwerbstätiger; Qualifikationsanforderung; Qualifikationserwerb; Qualifikationsniveau; Qualifikationsverwertung; Überqualifikation; Abhängig Beschäftigter; Schweiz
Abstract	We analyze horizontal mismatch in Switzerland defined as a mismatch between the type of skills acquired by students and the skills required for their job. We investigate the argument in the literature that the more specific an education system is, the higher are the wage penalties due to horizontal mismatch. Switzerland is an ideal case to test this hypothesis because it relies heavily on vocational education and training. The data stems from the longitudinal Swiss Household Panel in the years 1999 to 2012 and contains subjective and objective measures of mismatch. Controlling for time-invariant heterogeneity in fixed effects regressions, the wage penalty for self-reported horizontal mismatch is 3.2% for women, yet not significant for men. Not working in a learned occupation does not lead to significant wage effects, neither for women nor men. The wage effects found are similar for workers with general and vocational education background. Overall, wage penalties for horizontal mismatch are small and do not support the hypothesis of higher penalties for mismatch due to vocational education. We conclude that vocational education is more transferable than often assumed, and that continuous training and on-the-job learning allow workers to update their skills continuously. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/3