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Introduction to Special Issue on Overschooling.
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Oosterbeek, Hessel – Economics of Education Review, 2000
This special issue was inspired by Greg Duncan and Saul Hoffman's 1981 article on the "incidence and wage effects of overeducation." These researchers used a Mincer earnings equation to determine that a substantial number of American workers were over- or under-educated for their chosen occupations. (MLH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education