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Ekkehart Schlicht - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • wage dispersion over Qualification and reder competition
    Economics : the Open-Access Open-Assessment e-Journal, 2007
    Co-Authors: Ekkehart Schlicht
    Abstract:

    The expansion of higher education in the Western countries has been accompanied by a marked widening of wage differentials and increasing over-Qualification. While the increase in wage differentials has been attributed to skill-biased technological change that made advanced skills scarce, this explanation does not fit well with the observed increase in over-Qualification which suggests that advanced skills are in excess supply. By “Reder-competition” I refer to the simultaneous adjustment of wage offers and hiring standards in response to changing labor market conditions. I present a simple model of Reder competition that depicts wages as driven by labor heterogeneity, rather than scarcity. The mechanism may give rise to a simultaneous increase in wage differentials and over-Qualification.

  • wage dispersion over Qualification and reder competition
    Social Science Research Network, 2007
    Co-Authors: Ekkehart Schlicht
    Abstract:

    The expansion of higher education in the Western countries has been accompanied by a marked widening of wage differentials and increasing over-Qualification. While the increase in wage

Nabil Khattab - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • east european immigrants responding to the recession in britain is there a trade off between unemployment and over Qualification
    Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2016
    Co-Authors: Nabil Khattab, Jon E Fox
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACTMost studies demonstrating the vulnerability of labour migrants following the recession have focused on unemployment. This article examines how the labour market performance of East-European workers in the U.K. has been affected by the recession by focussing on four possible employment outcomes: unemployment, self-employment, over-Qualification and part-time jobs. By showing the relatively low rates of unemployment amongst East-European migrants, which have become even lower following the recession, it argues that the vulnerability of immigrants in periods of economic downturn cannot always be solely measured in higher rates of immigrant unemployment. Labour migrants may be prompted to take jobs (any jobs) below their skills and Qualifications, thus suggesting a ‘trade-off’ between unemployment and over-Qualification.

  • east versus west over Qualification and earnings among the uk s european migrants
    Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2015
    Co-Authors: Ron Johnston, Nabil Khattab, David Manley
    Abstract:

    West and East Europeans have been important components of the migration flows into the UK in the last decade, but they remain largely under-studied. This paper utilises 12 quarters of the Labour Force Survey for the years 2002–2013 to examine patterns of over-Qualification and their impact on those migrants' earnings. The findings show a clear and greater penalty for East Europeans. They were more likely than the majority White-British and West European migrants to be substantially over-qualified and have earned the lowest pay premium on their excess education. The East European migrants' double penalty is explained by their over-concentration in the secondary labour market where discrimination by employers, exploitation and lower rewards are common practices. Contrary to this, West European migrants enjoy a much better labour market position as they are able to successfully negotiate access to its primary sector.

Inmaculada Garciamainar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • over Qualification and the dimensions of job satisfaction
    Social Indicators Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: Inmaculada Garciamainar, Victor M Montuengagomez
    Abstract:

    The spread of over-Qualification is a consequence of individuals having acquired more credentials than required at the workplace. In some cases, it may be that this mismatch plays a role in allowing workers to compensate for the lack of some other skills, to escape from unemployment, or to achieve job stability in the labour market. Consequently, workers may feel no less satisfied, at least in some aspects, than adequately-matched workers. The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between over-Qualification and the various dimensions of job satisfaction in Spain, a country characterised by a strongly-segmented labour market with high unemployment levels, and a significant number of mismatched employees. Using micro data for a representative sample of Spanish workers, we carry out simultaneous maximum likelihood estimations on a two-equation system to control for potential endogeneity. The results obtained provide evidence that does not reject the hypothesis that mismatched workers do not necessarily feel less satisfied than adequately-matched workers in the dimensions of job satisfaction related to extrinsic domains or social relations.

  • over Qualification and dimensions of job satisfaction
    Research Papers in Economics, 2017
    Co-Authors: Inmaculada Garciamainar, Victor Montuenga
    Abstract:

    over-Qualification may arise from voluntary decisions of individuals to acquire more Qualifications than those required at the job place. In these cases, mismatch may have a role allowing workers to compensate the lack of some other skills, or to gain access to the labour market. Consequently, workers may feel no less satisfied, at least in some domains, than adequately matched workers. The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between over-Qualification and different domains of job satisfaction in Spain, a country characterised by a strongly segmented labour market with high unemployment level, and a large number of mismatched. Using micro data for a representative sample of Spanish workers, we employ an IV estimation procedure to control for potential endogeneity arising from reverse causation or unobserved heterogeneity. Results obtained provide apparent evidence on that mismatched workers do not necessarily feel less satisfied than adequately matched workers in all domains of job satisfaction.

Jon E Fox - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Victor M Montuengagomez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • over Qualification and the dimensions of job satisfaction
    Social Indicators Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: Inmaculada Garciamainar, Victor M Montuengagomez
    Abstract:

    The spread of over-Qualification is a consequence of individuals having acquired more credentials than required at the workplace. In some cases, it may be that this mismatch plays a role in allowing workers to compensate for the lack of some other skills, to escape from unemployment, or to achieve job stability in the labour market. Consequently, workers may feel no less satisfied, at least in some aspects, than adequately-matched workers. The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between over-Qualification and the various dimensions of job satisfaction in Spain, a country characterised by a strongly-segmented labour market with high unemployment levels, and a significant number of mismatched employees. Using micro data for a representative sample of Spanish workers, we carry out simultaneous maximum likelihood estimations on a two-equation system to control for potential endogeneity. The results obtained provide evidence that does not reject the hypothesis that mismatched workers do not necessarily feel less satisfied than adequately-matched workers in the dimensions of job satisfaction related to extrinsic domains or social relations.