Educational mismatches versus skill mismatches: effects on wages, job satisfaction, and on-the-job search

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Overeducation in the labor market: a comment and re-analysis of a meta-analysis (2003, background): “Sa in Eq. (1) is presented by Groot (1993) for the Netherlands, Groot and Maassen and den Brink (2000b) for the Netherlands in 1994 and Allen and van der Velden (2001) for the Netherlands in 1998.”
Job-Worker Mismatch and Cognitive Decline (2005, background): “Other studies focused on the effects of overeducation on career mobility (e.g. Büchel & Mertens, 2004), or workers’ job satisfaction (e.g. Allen & Van der Velden, 2001).”
The Impact of Overeducation and its Measurement (2006, neutral): “In the case of Allen & van der Velden (2001), the effect was also positive but not significant.”
Overeducation and the skills of UK graduates (2007, background): “Allen and van der Velden (2001) used a 1991 survey of Dutch graduates to show that a mismatch between education and jobs does not necessarily imply a serious mismatch between available and required skills.”
Overeducation at the Start of the Career: Stepping Stone or Trap? (2013, background): “For overeducated workers, this translates in lower earnings (Hartog, 2000) and lower job satisfaction (see, e.g., Tsang, 1987; Allen and van der Velden, 2001).”