Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators

This paper studies the incidence and consequences of the mismatch between formal education and the educational requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of educational mismatch. Moreover, the incidence and wage penalty of...

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Main Authors: Lamo, Ana, Messina, Julian
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Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4659
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spelling okr-10986-46592021-04-23T14:02:19Z Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators Lamo, Ana Messina, Julian Analysis of Education I210 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Wage Level and Structure Wage Differentials J310 This paper studies the incidence and consequences of the mismatch between formal education and the educational requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of educational mismatch. Moreover, the incidence and wage penalty of mismatches increase with age. This suggests that structural educational mismatches can occur after fast transition periods. Our results are robust for various methodologies, and more importantly regarding departures from the exogeneity assumptions inherent in the matching estimators used in our analysis. 2012-03-30T07:29:05Z 2012-03-30T07:29:05Z 2010 Journal Article Economics of Education Review 02727757 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4659 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Estonia
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topic Analysis of Education I210
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity J240
Wage Level and Structure
Wage Differentials J310
spellingShingle Analysis of Education I210
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity J240
Wage Level and Structure
Wage Differentials J310
Lamo, Ana
Messina, Julian
Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
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description This paper studies the incidence and consequences of the mismatch between formal education and the educational requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of educational mismatch. Moreover, the incidence and wage penalty of mismatches increase with age. This suggests that structural educational mismatches can occur after fast transition periods. Our results are robust for various methodologies, and more importantly regarding departures from the exogeneity assumptions inherent in the matching estimators used in our analysis.
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author Lamo, Ana
Messina, Julian
author_facet Lamo, Ana
Messina, Julian
author_sort Lamo, Ana
title Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
title_short Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
title_full Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
title_fullStr Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
title_full_unstemmed Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
title_sort formal education, mismatch and wages after transition : assessing the impact of unobserved heterogeneity using matching estimators
publishDate 2012
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