Arbeitspapier

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

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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 85

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

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

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Wirz, Aniela
  • Atukeren, Erdal
  • ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute

Time of origin

  • 2004

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