Overeducation, Regional Labor Markets and Spatial Flexibility

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Research 01 Jan 2002 Netherlands English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Büchel, F.; van Ham, M.;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.299687 , 10.1016/s0094-1190(03)00008-1

handle: 11245/1.221248 , 10419/21532 , 11858/00-001M-0000-0025-8BE0-F

Overeducation, Regional Labor Markets and Spatial Flexibility

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Abstract

For most workers, access to suitable employment is severely restricted by the fact that they look for jobs in the regional labor market rather than the global one. In this paper we analyze how macrolevel opportunities (regional market characteristics) and microlevel restrictions (the extent to which job searchers are restricted to the regional market) can help to explain the phenomenon of overeducation. We use a two-step procedure to control selective access to employment. The results show that the size of the labor market is an important factor in avoiding overeducation.

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Netherlands

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Keywords

Overeducation, 330, ddc:330, J44, multilevel models, J24, Regionale Arbeitsmobilität, regional labour markets, Überqualifikation, spatial flexibility, Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt, J61, J62, I21, Deutschland, Arbeitsangebot, Schätzung

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