Overeducation in the labor market: a meta-analysis.

Autor/inn/en	Groot, Wim; Maassen van den Brink, Henriette
Titel	Overeducation in the labor market: a meta-analysis.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 19 (2000) 2, S. 149-158Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 32; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00057-6
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Metaanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Einkommen; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarkt; Beruf; Qualifikation; Forschungsstand; Internationaler Vergleich; Literaturbericht
Abstract	This paper contains a meta-analysis of studies on overeducation and undereducation in the labor market. It is found that of the four different definitions of overeducation distinguished in the literature, only the one based on variation in years in education within occupational groups appears to yield significantly lower-than-average rates of overeducation. The average rate of undereducation in the labor market depends on the definition of the undereducation variable. There is no indication that mismatches between education supplied and education required for the job have increased significantly in the past 20 years. The labor force growth rate has a positive effect on the incidence of overeducation, while the unemployment rate has a negative effect on the rate of return to education. (DIPF/orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2001_(CD)