Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?

Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx and Dieter Verhaest

No 2012/27, Working Papers from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management

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. This trap is especially important early in the unemployment spell. Our results are robust across various specifications and for two overeducation measures.

Keywords: overqualification; underemployment; school-to-work transitions; duration analysis; dynamic treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 page
Date: 2012-05
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