Part time employment and happiness: A cross-country analysis

Pamela Lenton
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Pamela Lenton: Department of Economics, The University of Sheffield

No 2011001, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyses levels of over-education and wage returns to education for males across eleven regions of the UK using Labour Force Survey data. Significant differences are found in the probability of being over-educated across regions; also, differences are found in the return to the ‘correct’ level of education in each region, in each case associated with flexibility of movement between and into particular regions, which determines the ease of job matching. Furthermore, evidence is found that, after controlling for the level of education acquired, there exists a premium to the ‘correct’ level of education, which varies across UK regions.

Keywords: education; returns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2011-01, Revised 2011-01
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