Arbeitspapier

Who Is Your Perfect Match? Educational Norms, Educational Mismatch and Firm Profitability

We provide first evidence regarding the direct effect of educational norms and educational mismatch on the bottom line of firms across work environments. To do so, we use rich Belgian linked employer-employee panel data, rely on the methodological approach pioneered by Hellerstein et al. (1999), and estimate dynamic panel data models at the firm level. Our findings show an 'inverted L' profitability profile: undereducation is associated with lower profits, whereas higher levels of normal and overeducation are correlated with positive economic rents of roughly the same magnitude. The size of these effects is amplified in firms experiencing economic uncertainty or operating in high-tech sectors.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10399

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
educational mismatch
productivity-wage gaps
linked panel data

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kampelmann, Stephan
Mahy, Benoît
Rycx, François
Vermeylen, Guillaume
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2016

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kampelmann, Stephan
  • Mahy, Benoît
  • Rycx, François
  • Vermeylen, Guillaume
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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