Objective overeducation and worker well-being: a shadow price approach
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- Verhaest, Dieter & Omey, Eddy, 2009. "Objective over-education and worker well-being: A shadow price approach," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 469-481, June.
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Keywords
overeducation; mismatch; underemployment; job satisfaction; well-being; shadow price;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2008-06-27 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HRM-2008-06-27 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-06-27 (Labour Economics)
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