The Impact of Overeducation and Its Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Verhaest, Dieter; Omey, Eddy
Titel	The Impact of Overeducation and Its Measurement
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 77 (2006) 3, S.419-448 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-005-4276-6
Schlagwörter	Job Satisfaction; Mobility; Wages; Social Indicators; Comparative Analysis; Education Work Relationship; Educational Attainment; Measurement; Work Attitudes; Individual Characteristics; Performance Factors; Attitude Measures; Economic Impact + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Wage; Löhne; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Messverfahren; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Leistungsindikator; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	The central focus of this article is the influence of the applied measure when the impact of overeducation is analyzed. For a database of Flemish school leavers, four alternative measures of overeducation are related to job satisfaction, mobility, training participation and wages. The magnitude and significance of the effects diverge between these measures. When attained education is controlled for, overeducated workers are less satisfied, more mobile, participate less in training and earn less than adequately educated workers. When required education is controlled for, no robust results are found for job satisfaction and training participation. Overeducated workers earn more than adequately educated colleagues, but have a higher turnover rate. We have little clear results with respect to undereducation. Caution is thus recommended for the interpretation of empirical results with respect to the impact of over- and undereducation. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10