Working paper
The determinants of graduate over-education
- Abstract:
- Several studies for the UK and other countries have shown that a significant number of university graduates are in jobs that do not require a university degree i.e., over-educated. This paper using data from one large civic university in the UK investigates the true incidence and determinants of over-education. The results indicate that previous studies have largely over-stated the extent of over-education in the graduate labour market. Various labour market constraints as well as the vocational orientation of educational qualification were shown to be among most important factors that influence graduate placement.
- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- University of Oxford
- Series:
- Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series
- Publication date:
- 2002-11-01
- Paper number:
- 127
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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1144298
- Local pid:
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pubs:1144298
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- Copyright date:
- 2002
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- Copyright 2002 The Author(s)
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