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vereducation in developing economies : How can we test for it , and hat does it mean ?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mehtaa, A. J. Felipeb, Jesus Quisingb, Pilipinas Camingueb, Sheila |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | A worker is said to be overeducated if he/she has acquired more education than is required to perform his/her job. In the absence of data measuring the number of years of schooling required to perform particular jobs, we propose a new approach to testing for overeducation. Overeducation is confirmed if we observe that education levels rose in jobs that offer very low returns to education and that underwent little technological change. Using labor force surveys from four developing countries, we find evidence of overeducation in unskilled jobs in the Philippines, mild evidence in Mexico, and little evidence in India 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jesusfelipe.com/download/overeducation.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
