Overeducation and economic mobility

Simen Markussen, Maria Nareklishvili and Knut Røed ()

Economics of Education Review, 2024, vol. 103, issue C

Abstract: We assess the hypothesis that declining intergenerational economic mobility in Norway is attributable to a rising signaling value of education accompanied by more overeducation particularly among upper-class offspring. We identify five empirical facts that together point in this direction:

Keywords: Overeducation; Intergenerational mobility; Returns to education; Signaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I26 J24 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102595

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