Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC

Occupational mismatch has been a hot topic in the economics literature in recent decades; however, no consensus has been reached on how to conceptualise and measure this phenomenon. We explore the unique opportunity offered by the PIAAC survey to measure occupational mismatch at the individual level...

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Autores: Flisi, Sara, Goglio, Valentina, Meroni, Elena Claudia, Rodrigues, Margarida, Vera-Toscano, Esperanza
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Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Occupational mismatch
Overeducation
Overskilling
PIAAC
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spelling Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAACFlisi, SaraGoglio, ValentinaMeroni, Elena ClaudiaRodrigues, MargaridaVera-Toscano, EsperanzaOccupational mismatchOvereducationOverskillingPIAACOccupational mismatch has been a hot topic in the economics literature in recent decades; however, no consensus has been reached on how to conceptualise and measure this phenomenon. We explore the unique opportunity offered by the PIAAC survey to measure occupational mismatch at the individual level based on both education- (overeducation) and skill-based (overskilling) variables by using both objective and subjective measures. For this purpose, we use data on 17 European countries and compute up to 20 different indicators of occupational mismatch. We find that the conceptualisation and measurement of occupational mismatch are indeed important and that education and skill mismatch do not measure the same phenomenon. In fact, only a small percentage of mismatched individuals are mismatched with respect to both education and skill, whereas the majority are mismatched with respect to either education or skill only. At the country level, we find a negative correlation between the incidence of education and skill mismatch, which has important implications for policies aiming to address this labour market inefficiency.El desajuste ocupacional ha sido un tema candente en la literatura económica en las últimas décadas; sin embargo, no se ha llegado a un consenso sobre cómo conceptualizar y medir este fenómeno. Exploramos la oportunidad única que ofrece la encuesta PIAAC para medir el desajuste ocupacional a nivel individual sobre la base de variables tanto educativas (sobreeducación) como basadas en habilidades (sobrehabilidad) utilizando medidas tanto objetivas como subjetivas. Para este propósito, utilizamos datos de 17 países europeos y calculamos hasta 20 indicadores diferentes de desajuste ocupacional. Encontramos que la conceptualización y medición del desajuste ocupacional son realmente importantes y que el desajuste educativo y de habilidades no miden el mismo fenómeno. De hecho, solo un pequeño porcentaje de individuos desadaptados lo están con respecto tanto a la educación como a las habilidades, mientras que la mayoría lo están con respecto a la educación o las habilidades solamente. A nivel de país, encontramos una correlación negativa entre la incidencia del desajuste educativo y de habilidades, lo que tiene implicaciones importantes para las políticas destinadas a abordar esta ineficiencia del mercado laboral.Peer reviewedSpringerVera-Toscano, Esperanza [0000-0002-0736-1381]202520252016info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/378057https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84960085874reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1292-7Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3780572026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
title Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
spellingShingle Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
Flisi, Sara
Occupational mismatch
Overeducation
Overskilling
PIAAC
title_short Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
title_full Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
title_fullStr Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
title_sort Measuring Occupational Mismatch: Overeducation and Overskill in Europe—Evidence from PIAAC
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flisi, Sara
Goglio, Valentina
Meroni, Elena Claudia
Rodrigues, Margarida
Vera-Toscano, Esperanza
author Flisi, Sara
author_facet Flisi, Sara
Goglio, Valentina
Meroni, Elena Claudia
Rodrigues, Margarida
Vera-Toscano, Esperanza
author_role author
author2 Goglio, Valentina
Meroni, Elena Claudia
Rodrigues, Margarida
Vera-Toscano, Esperanza
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Vera-Toscano, Esperanza [0000-0002-0736-1381]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Occupational mismatch
Overeducation
Overskilling
PIAAC
topic Occupational mismatch
Overeducation
Overskilling
PIAAC
description Occupational mismatch has been a hot topic in the economics literature in recent decades; however, no consensus has been reached on how to conceptualise and measure this phenomenon. We explore the unique opportunity offered by the PIAAC survey to measure occupational mismatch at the individual level based on both education- (overeducation) and skill-based (overskilling) variables by using both objective and subjective measures. For this purpose, we use data on 17 European countries and compute up to 20 different indicators of occupational mismatch. We find that the conceptualisation and measurement of occupational mismatch are indeed important and that education and skill mismatch do not measure the same phenomenon. In fact, only a small percentage of mismatched individuals are mismatched with respect to both education and skill, whereas the majority are mismatched with respect to either education or skill only. At the country level, we find a negative correlation between the incidence of education and skill mismatch, which has important implications for policies aiming to address this labour market inefficiency.
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