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Loredana Cultrera; François Rycx; Giulia Santosuosso; Guillaume Vermeylen – Education Economics, 2025
Using a unique pan-European dataset, we rely on two alternative measures of over-education and control stepwise for four groups of covariates in order to interpret the over-education wage penalty in light of theoretical models. Firstly, it appears that a significant fraction (i.e. between 1/5 and 1/3) of PhD holders in Europe are genuinely…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
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Matias Busso; Sebastián Montaño; Juan Muñoz-Morales – Education Economics, 2025
Using longitudinal data of college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various skills--including literacy, numeracy, foreign language, and field-specific skills. Graduates of academic programs and schools of higher reputation obtain higher earnings relative to vocational public programs. A one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market