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Direct linkMcGuinness, Seamus; Sloane, Peter J. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
There is much disagreement in the literature over the extent to which graduates are mismatched in the labour market and the reasons for this. In this paper we utilise the Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society (REFLEX) data set to cast light on these issues, based on data for UK graduates. We find substantial pay penalties for…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Labor Market, Salary Wage Differentials, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedKiker, B. F.; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1997
Uses a data set of Portuguese workers to explore whether a discrepancy exists between workers' educational attainment and job skill requirements, with the related impact on earnings functions and returns to education. Apparently, earnings are not uniquely determined on the basis of workers' educational attainment, but also on worker's placement in…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLight, Audrey – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Uses data for male high-school graduates to estimate a wage model that includes detailed measures of high-school coursework and postschool work experience as covariates. High-school employment's direct effect on subsequent wages is small and relatively short-lived. Vocational courses and postgraduation work experience provide indirect benefits.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, High School Graduates, High Schools
Peer reviewedHartog, Joop – Economics of Education Review, 2000
Drawing on empirical studies from five countries (Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, and United States), over 2 decades, outlines irregularities in the incidence of over- and under-education and consequences for individual earnings. The overall incidence of overeducation in the labor market is about 26 percent. (Contains 33 references.)…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedChung, Yue-Ping – Economics of Education Review, 1990
Presents an empirical study on misemployment (the underutilization of worker's skills acquired through vocational education) in Hong Kong. Analyzes earnings functions of graduates from various educational fields and for workers employed in various fields. Misemployed graduates received lower earnings than their colleagues working in matched work…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMane, Ferran – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Using data from three longitudinal surveys of American high school students, shows that vocational courses helped noncollege-bound students start their work life more successfully. Short- and medium-term payoffs to vocational courses rose substantially between 1972 and 1980 and remained high in 1992. Job-specific skills are valuable. (26…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, High School Graduates, High Schools
