Overeducation, Undereducation and Earnings: Further Evidence on the Importance of Ability and Measurement Error Bias

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-90

  Verhaest, Dieter ^a,b   Omey, Eddy ^b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational mismatch; Overqualification; Panel data; Return to education; Underemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857190639     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-011-9125-6     Document Type: Article

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