Arbeitspapier
It pays to study for the right job: Exploring the causes and consequences of education-occupation job mismatch
With the rapid increase in educational attainment, technological change, and greater job specialization, decisions regarding human capital investment are no longer exclusively about the quantity of education, but rather the type of education to obtain. The skills and knowledge acquired in specific fields of study are more valuable for some jobs compared to others, which suggests the existence of differences in the quality of the educationoccupation match in the labor market. With this premise in mind, this paper aims to estimate the effect of the quality of this education-occupation job match on workers' wages and to explore the factors that contribute to the existence of such mismatch among workers with higher education (college or more). Using data from the American Community Survey 2010-16, we construct two indices that measure the quality of the education-occupation match: based on the predicted and observed distribution of workers using their fields of education and their jobs' occupation classification. Results suggest there is a wage gap of around 3-4 percent when comparing workers that have good job matches to those who have bad matches. Given the importance of the penalty for mismatched jobs, we find that structural characteristics such as unemployment, and individual characteristics such as gender, race, immigration status, and even homeownership affect the quality of horizontal mismatch as well.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 922
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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Educational Mismatch
Earnings
Wage Premiums
Educational Economics
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Rios-Avila, Fernando
Saavedra Caballero, Fabiola
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
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Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Rios-Avila, Fernando
- Saavedra Caballero, Fabiola
- Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Entstanden
- 2019
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