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Surveying the Extent and Wage Consequences of Education-Job Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market

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  • Melchor, Monica M.

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Recognizing the need to analyze the education-skills gap in the developing economy context, this paper estimates the extent of education-employment mismatches and the resulting wage consequences in the Philippine labor market. It finds that 39 percent of employed individuals are overeducated while over a quarter are undereducated. Meanwhile, overeducated individuals earn only 5 percent more for a surplus year of schooling, relative to required years of schooling, which have returns of 7 percent to 19 percent. It underlines the importance of labor market policies for improved job-skills matching, for instance, through the reduction of information asymmetries. Public subsidies for higher education must also be premised on improved wage prospects or higher productivity for employed individuals.

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  • Melchor, Monica M., 2022. "Surveying the Extent and Wage Consequences of Education-Job Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market," Philippine Journal of Development PJD 2022 Vol. 46 No. 1d, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:pjdevt:pjd_2022_vol__46_no__1d
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