The term skills mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction,
including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch …

The term skill mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction,
including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch …

This paper tests whether overeducation at the beginning of a graduate's job career is a trap
into continuing overeducation later on, or a step** stone to a job that matches the …

The OECD Survey of Adult Skills is the jewel in the crown of its Programme for the
International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This paper argues that the …

Examining the economic value of education has been a central research agenda of social
scientists for decades. However, prior research inadequately accounts for the discrepancy …

The methodological debate on how to measure overeducation has been present since the
introduction of the topic in the academic debate. Nevertheless, there is still no consensus on …

As the world seeks to build back better into a new era of green and equitable economic
growth, tertiary education systems are at the heart of the big transformations required …

Research shows that people select themselves and are selected into occupations, partly
because of their personality, and this has implications for their person-environment fit …

Education has a lot to offer for the individual. It provides him or her with the opportunity to
develop one's talents. These talents–which we will characterize as “competencies”–are …

Wage penalties in overqualified employment are well documented, but little is known
regarding the underlying mechanisms. Drawing on new methods to measure the mismatch …