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Factors influencing the likelihood of overeducation: a bivariate probit with sample selection framework

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Contrary to expectations, the likelihood of overeducation is shown to be inversely related to unemployment rates when not control for selectivity. Furthermore, incidence data show that overeducation is more common among men than women and among Whites than Blacks. At issue is selectivity: employment must be selected for overeducation to occur. When using bivariate probit with sample selection models, the likelihood of overeducation is found to be positively related to local unemployment rates, higher for women than men, higher for mothers of young children than other women, and lower for fathers than other males. Race, not speaking English very well, and having a disability are found to have a greater impact on the likelihood of overeducation than incidence data suggest.

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  • Stephen Rubb, 2014. "Factors influencing the likelihood of overeducation: a bivariate probit with sample selection framework," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 181-208, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:22:y:2014edeconi:2:p:181-208
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2011.555971
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    1. Fraser Summerfield & Ioannis Theodossiou, 2017. "The Effects Of Macroeconomic Conditions At Graduation On Overeducation," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 55(3), pages 1370-1387, July.
    2. Antonio Di Paolo & Anna Matas & Josep Lluís Raymond, 2017. "Job accessibility and job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 96, pages 91-112, March.
    3. David Boto-García & Marta Escalonilla, 2022. "University education, mismatched jobs: are there gender differences in the drivers of overeducation?," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 39(3), pages 861-902, October.
    4. Benjamin Artz & David M. Welsch, 2021. "Overeducation and wages revisited: A two‐cohort comparison and random coefficients approach," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 87(3), pages 909-936, January.

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