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Skill mismatch in labor markets / edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giovanni Russo, Konstantinos Tatiramos.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research in labor economics ; v. 45.Publisher: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787143777
  • 1787143775
  • 9781787149212
  • 1787149218
  • 1787143783
  • 9781787143784
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 331.11/422 23
LOC classification:
  • HD5706
Online resources:
Contents:
List of contributors Editorial advisory board Preface -- To be or not to be a scientist? / Arnaud Chevalier Cross-national deployment of "graduate jobs": analysis using a new indicator based on high skills use / Golo Henseke and Francis Green Deconstructing theories of overeducation in Europe: a wage decomposition approach / Seamus McGuinness and Konstantinos Pouliakas The changing occupational distribution by college major / Michael R. Ransom and Aaron Phipps Skilled or educated? Educational reforms, human capital, and earnings / Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Castelnovo, Daniele Checchi and Marco Leonardi Labor market mismatch and labor productivity: evidence from PIAAC data / Müge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews Much ado about nothing? The wage penalty of holding a PhD degree but not a PhD job position / Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera and Francesco Pastore Rethinking under-skilling in Europe / Ilias Livanos and Imanol Núñez -- Are skill deficits always bad? Toward a learning perspective on skill mismatches / Rolf van der Velden and Dieter Verhaest -- Work-related learning and skill development in Europe: does initial skill mismatch matter? / Maria Ferreira, Annemarie Künn-Nelen and Andries De Grip -- Job design and skill development in the workplace / Giovanni Russo -- Index.
Summary: This volume contains original research articles which analyze the linkages between education and skills and the causes and consequences of different types of skill mismatch. The volume yields new insights regarding overeducation, underskilling, graduate jobs, wages returns to skills, aggregate productivity, job complexity and skill development.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 1, 2017).

This volume contains original research articles which analyze the linkages between education and skills and the causes and consequences of different types of skill mismatch. The volume yields new insights regarding overeducation, underskilling, graduate jobs, wages returns to skills, aggregate productivity, job complexity and skill development.

List of contributors Editorial advisory board Preface -- To be or not to be a scientist? / Arnaud Chevalier Cross-national deployment of "graduate jobs": analysis using a new indicator based on high skills use / Golo Henseke and Francis Green Deconstructing theories of overeducation in Europe: a wage decomposition approach / Seamus McGuinness and Konstantinos Pouliakas The changing occupational distribution by college major / Michael R. Ransom and Aaron Phipps Skilled or educated? Educational reforms, human capital, and earnings / Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Castelnovo, Daniele Checchi and Marco Leonardi Labor market mismatch and labor productivity: evidence from PIAAC data / Müge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews Much ado about nothing? The wage penalty of holding a PhD degree but not a PhD job position / Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera and Francesco Pastore Rethinking under-skilling in Europe / Ilias Livanos and Imanol Núñez -- Are skill deficits always bad? Toward a learning perspective on skill mismatches / Rolf van der Velden and Dieter Verhaest -- Work-related learning and skill development in Europe: does initial skill mismatch matter? / Maria Ferreira, Annemarie Künn-Nelen and Andries De Grip -- Job design and skill development in the workplace / Giovanni Russo -- Index.

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