Skill mismatches in the Dutch labor market
Wim Groot
(Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and)
H.M. van den Brink
(University of Amsterdam and Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
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Abstract
Over the past years a number of studies have appeared on the incidence and returns to overeducation in the labor market. In these studies various definitions of educational mismatches have been used. In this paper we analyze the validity and reliability of three of these definitions. It is found that the definitions differ widely in the workers who are identified as over‐ or undereducated. Further, the methods yield different estimates of the returns to over‐ and undereducation.
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Citation
Groot, W. and van den Brink, H.M. (2000), "Skill mismatches in the Dutch labor market", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 21 No. 8, pp. 584-595. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720010379493
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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