overeducation

(ˌəʊvərˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən)

excessive education

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The policy change also had a positive effect in reducing gender bias for overeducated workers, as shown bythe corresponding estimator reported in Table 4 (female) (-0.638), implying that the probability of overeducation due to gender fell by about 25 per cent.

Does immigration policy affect the education-occupation mismatch: evidence from Australia

In the end, Livingstone concludes that research and theories of this relationship overemphasize two major themes: underemployment and overeducation of individuals, and the past empirical research has focused on two distinct areas: the required credentials to attain a job and the performance required for such a job.

David W. Livingstone, eds., Education and Jobs: Exploring the Gaps

'Overeducation in the labour market', Journal of Labor Economics, 9(2): 101-122.

Occupational mobility in Queensland's Aged Care, Automotive and Civil Construction sectors

The effect of overeducation on job content innovation and career-enhancing strategies among young Spanish employees, Journal of Career Development, 36, 159-182.

Practice and research in career counseling and development--2009

(2) Groot and den Brink contend that overeducation serves as a compensation for lack of other human capital endowments and is part of a career mobility or insertion process in the labour market.

Human capital accumulation and long-run economic growth

Coverage includes an overview of the topic followed by chapters analyzing areas of concern including the current lack of understanding of the exact relationship between education and inequality and the specific channels through which educational effects are mediated; school quality and its effect on educational outcomes; measurement issues related to overeducation; inequality in access to and finance of tertiary education; within-group wage inequality among the higher educated; the gender wage gap; the role of labor market institutions; intergenerational education and income mobility; and job and life satisfaction.

Education and inequality across Europe

"Overeducation, Regional Labor Markets, and Spatial Flexibility." Journal of Urban Economics 53 (3): 482-93.

Lifestyles, demographics, dietary behavior, and obesity: a switching regression analysis

Burned by overeducation and underpayment, Gen X is a heavily entrepreneurial generation.

The slackers' X-cellent adventure: Generation X has a reputation for aimlessness, but, in truth, its members are concerned about the future--and they're using their resources accordingly

This year's winner is "A Mismatch Made in Heaven: A Hedonic Analysis of Overeducation and Undereducation" by Daniel P.