Education as a Shield Against the Adverse Shock of Motherhood: Gender, Parenthood and Overeducation Among Highly and Mid-Educated British Workers.

Autor/inn/en	Ortiz-Gervasi, Luis; McGuinness, Seamus; Nussio, Benedetta
Institution	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
Titel	Education as a Shield Against the Adverse Shock of Motherhood: Gender, Parenthood and Overeducation Among Highly and Mid-Educated British Workers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildung als Schutz vor den negativen Auswirkungen der Mutterschaft: Geschlecht, Elternschaft und Überqualifizierung bei britischen Arbeitnehmern mit hohem und mittlerem Bildungsniveau.
Quelle	Esch-sur-Alzette (2026), 26 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper / IZA Network @ LISER. 18518
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Kinderzahl; Mutter; Frau; Eltern; Mismatch; Beruflicher Abstieg; Erwerbstätiger; Mittlere Berufsausbildung; Qualifikation; Unterwertige Beschäftigung; Überqualifikation; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Risiko; Hoch Qualifizierter; Großbritannien
Abstract	"This research improves our understanding of overeducation by highlighting its risks among middle-educated workers, especially the specific risk that motherhood may pose for job mismatch among them, compared to highly educated women. It employs random-effects and Heckman selection models with Mundlak correctors on 14 waves of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS) to explore the relationship between overeducation, gender, and parenthood among middle- and highly educated employees. Overall, women are found to have a lower risk of overeducation compared to men. However, becoming a mother and having more children negatively impact the status of middle-educated women in comparison to both male workers and highly educated women. Additional evidence from the European Jobs and Skills Survey (2021) shows that jobs held by middle-educated individuals offer less job discretion than those held by highly educated workers. This lack of discretion may hinder the development of firm-specific or occupational skills that would enable women to maintain or enhance their job status after becoming mothers or having additional children." The study refers to the period 2009-2022 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4