Are Poles stuck in overeducation? Individual dynamics of educational mismatch in Poland

Jan Aleksander Baran ()
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Jan Aleksander Baran: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

No 2020-23, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: The paper investigates persistency of overeducation from individual perspective. Following aspects of mobility are analysed: probability of staying in employment, upward occupational mobility and wage dynamics. Data for Poland are used. The results show that overeducated individuals are more likely to stay in employment compared to their properly matched colleagues. The overeducated workers as well as undereducated ones tend to move toward jobs for which they are more properly matched. However, the rate of this adjustment is low and one can fairly claim that in Poland overeducation is a persistent phenomenon from individual perspective. In line with other studies, the overeducated workers are found to experience faster wage growth compared to properly matched individuals. However, it can be largely attributed to overeducated workers improving their match status over time. It means that initially overeducated workers can expect faster wage growth than properly matched workers especially when they move to jobs requiring more schooling.

Keywords: overeducation; educational mismatch; occupational mobility; earnings mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2020
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lma, nep-tra and nep-ure
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