Overeducation at the start of the career. Stepping stone or trap?

Autor/inn/en	Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Verhaest, Dieter
Titel	Overeducation at the start of the career. Stepping stone or trap? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Überqualifizierung am Beginn der Karriere. Sprungbrett oder Falle?
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2013) 25, S. 123-140 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.013
Schlagwörter	Bildungsabschluss; Übergang Schule - Beruf; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsuchender; Berufliche Integration; Bildungsadäquate Beschäftigung; Unterwertige Beschäftigung; Überqualifikation; Dauer; Berufsanfänger; Männlicher Jugendlicher; Belgien; Flandern
Abstract	"This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate or delay the transition into a job that matches their level of education. We adopt the Timing of Events approach to identify this dynamic treatment effect using monthly calendar data from a representative sample of Flemish (Belgian) youth who started searching for a job right after leaving formal education. We find that overeducation is a trap. By accepting a job for which one is overeducated rather than only accepting adequate job matches, monthly transition rates into adequate employment fall by 51 - 98%, depending on the elapsed unemployment duration. These findings challenge the career mobility thesis and imply that the short-term benefits of policies that generate quick transitions into employment must be traded-off against the long-term costs of an inadequate job match. " (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/2