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Education as Investment, Consumption or Adapting to Social Norm: Implications for Educational Mismatch among Graduates
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Sellami, Sana; Verhaest, Dieter; Nonneman, Walter; Van Trier, Walter – Education Economics, 2020
Relying on data for Belgian graduates, we investigate the relationship between motives to participate in higher education (investment, educational consumption, student life consumption and social norms) and overeducation after graduation. We also examine whether these motives affect the relationship between overeducation and other outcomes like…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Behavior Standards