This paper presents a review of the literature on overeducation. The paper assesses the
consistency of overeducation within the context of a number of theoretical frameworks …

There is now a substantial literature both in North America and Europe covering various
aspects of imperfect job matching in relation to the educational attainments of workers and …

Overeducation is a form of labour underutilization which occurs when the formal education
level of a worker exceeds that which is required for the job. In Australia close to 30 per cent …

This paper contains a meta-analysis of studies on overeducation and undereducation in the
labor market. It is found that of the four different definitions of overeducation distinguished in …

" Overeducation is one of the most important mechanisms for labor market adjustment when
there is an excess supply of high-skilled workers. However, there is much debate about the …

This paper addresses the issue of overeducation and undereducation using for the first time
a British dataset which contains explicit information on the level of required education to …

This paper provides a brief account of the economics of overeducation. The main emphasis
is on explaining Overeducation using several labor-market models and establishing …

The 1991 wave of the British Household Panel Survey is used to examine the extent of, and
the returns to overeducation in the UK. About 11% of the workers are overeducated, while …

Groot and Maassen van den Brink (International Journal of Manpower 21, 584, 2000a)
provide a useful summary of the incidence of overeducation and undereducation …

Overeducation describes the situation whereby workers are located in jobs for which they
are deemed overqualified. This paper examines patterns in overeducation between …