Over-education and Earnings: Where Are We, Where Should We Go?.

Hartog, Joop

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ERIC Number: EJ606480

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Publication Date: 2000

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Over-education and Earnings: Where Are We, Where Should We Go?

Hartog, Joop

Economics of Education Review, v19 n2 p131-47 Apr 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.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market, Mathematical Models, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom; United States

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