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ERIC Number: EJ553810
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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Allocation and the Returns to Over-Education in the UK.
Groot, Wim; Brink, Henriette Maasen van den
Education Economics, v5 n2 p169-83 Aug 1997
Estimates the rates of return to overeducation in the United Kingdom, using the 1991 British Household Panel Survey. Describes three approaches to analyzing skill utilization and their returns. Analyzes characteristics of the overeducated and undereducated work force. Overeducation is part of an adjustment in the labor market and tends to disappear with years of experience. (31 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Human Capital, Labor Market, Resource Allocation, Secondary Education, Supply and Demand
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: British Household Panel Survey
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