The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

By K. Mavromaras, S. McGuinness, Nigel O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane, Y. Fok. Social Science Research Network, 2010

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In this paper we examine the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain using unique information on reported overskilling in the workplace. To a degree, the overskilling information overcomes the problem of unobserved ability differences and focuses on the actual job–employee mismatch more than the conventional overeducation variables can. The paper finds that the prevalence of overskilling decreases with education at least for Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the prevalence of overskilling differs between Australia and Britain, the pattern of the wage penalties is fairly similar in both countries.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education, Public Administration

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. G. Quintini
2. K. Mavromaras
3. S. McGuinness
4. K. Pouliakas
5. Paul Redmond

In Education

1. G. Quintini
2. S. McGuinness
3. K. Mavromaras

In Public Administration

1. G. Quintini
2. S. McGuinness
3. K. Mavromaras

Citations in the corpus

• Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways (2012, background): “In contrast with Mavromaras et al. (2009) where both vocational and degree-level educational variables were significant in an overskilling incidence equation, this paper finds that the effect of education level, entered in the right-hand side in the form of a set of dummies that reflect completion o”
• Right for the Job: Over-Qualified or Under-Skilled? (2011, background): “Mavromaras et al. (2010) exploit the HILDA panel survey to study qualification and skill mismatch in Australia.”
• Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on University Graduates* (2013, unknown): “Mavromaras et al. 2010 show these differences using both Australian and UK data).”