Overeducation in the Swiss labour market: Does anything go wrong?

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We examine the determinants of overeducation in Switzerland - an economy generally characterised by excess qualified labor demand. We define those who are overeducated more precisely, and include in our sample only those who work in occupations relating to their educational background. Failing to make this adjustment might have blurred the results of earlier studies. Our analyses show that overeducation in Switzerland cannot be explained by rigidities limiting the adjustments of supply and demand in the labor market. Hence, the Swiss labor market must in general be considered as efficient. Unobserved heterogeneity should indeed account for the phenomenon of overeducation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 85

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: Overeducation ; Swiss labor market ; Education policy ; Qualifikation ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Bildungspolitik ; Schweiz

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wirz, Aniela ; Atukeren, Erdal
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
• (where): Zurich
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50861
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET