Overeducation in the Flemish Youth Labour Market

Topics:
Human Capital
Tags:
Education,
Measure
Source:
Ghent University

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Overview: Based on three definitions, one measure over education among Flemish labour market entrants and investigate its determinants to test the validity of different theories and to shed more light on the validity of the measures themselves. Depending on the measurement method, over education varies in the first job from 26 to 54%. Looking for the determinants of mismatch, the results differ for the various measures and schooling levels. One finds clear evidence that the probability of over education is lower for search intensive individuals, individuals with better study results and for jobs in small firms.

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Format: PDF | Size: 147KB | Date: Mar 2002 | Pages: 47

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