Is expansion of overeducation cohort-driven? Evidence from Poland

Jan Baran

No 2019-13, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: The study offers insight into dynamics of overeducation in Poland. The share of overeducated workers among tertiary educated workers grew substantially by about 8 p.p. between 2006 and 2016. In the paper, changing overeducation risk is disentangled into age, period and cohort effects. A strong upward trend in cohort effects is identified for individuals born after 1970, but not for older generations. It suggests that overeducation is a phenomenon which affects more profoundly individuals who entered the labour market after the collapse of the communism. Moreover, the study confirms that overeducation decreases with age, which has been already a well-documented finding in the literature.

Keywords: overeducation; education mismatch; tertiary education; age–period–cohort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2019
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