Essays about: "Education-occupation mismatch"

Found 4 essays containing the words Education-occupation mismatch.

  1. 1. Is your taxi driver actually an engineer? : Mismatch in the Swedish Labour Market: Overeducation? Does it differ across different birth regions?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : johan Persson; [2018]
    Keywords : Sweden; Labour market; Mismatch; Overeducation;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to explain if there exist a mismatch on the Swedish labour market, with a main emphasis on overeducation. We frame our empirical work according to mismatch theories the human capital theory, technological change theory and the education-occupation mismatch theory. READ MORE

  3. 2. Immigrant Occupational Mobility and the Role of Educational Mismatches in the Home Country: Longitudinal Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge; [2016]
    Keywords : Immigration; Education-occupation mismatch; Occupational mobility; Sweden; pre-migration information; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the occupational mobility of a sample of immigrants who arrived in Sweden between 1971 and 1985. The data includes information on pre-immigration occupation and on up to four occupations in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. The impact of Over-education and Under-education on Earnings: Egypt in a Post Revolutionary Era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nada Bedir; [2014]
    Keywords : education-occupation mismatch; over-education; under-education; instrumental variables; Father’s education; Egypt; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Previous research has mainly addressed the impact of over/under-education on wages in developed countries. Therefore, this paper attempts to fill the void gap in the literature by empirically examining the impact of over-education and under-education on wages in a developing country, namely Egypt, using the 2012 Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS). READ MORE

  5. 4. Education-occupation mismatch and its effect on unemployment in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katrin Humal; [2013]
    Keywords : education-occupation mismatch; skill mismatch; SMI; skill levels; structural unemployment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Educational investments are made with the expectation that the acquired skills and knowledge will be applied on the labour market. Matching education and occupations lead to lower unemployment and vacancy rates and higher productivity and wages, but several imperfections of the labour market hinder the matching process. READ MORE