Guillermo Montt
Field-of-study mismatch and overqualification: labour market correlates and their wage penalty
International Labour Organization
abstract fieldofstudy mismatch occurs worker trained particular field works another field study draws survey adult skills piaac explore skill supply labour market demand dynamics influence mismatch updates crossnational estimates mismatch estimates mismatch wage penalty findings suggest around 40 workers mismatched field qualification level 11 overqualified field 13 overqualified working outside field saturation field labour market transferability fields skills predict incidence fieldofstudy mismatch overqualification workers mismatched field suffer wage penalty overqualified