Are economic studies graduates under-employed? A skills mismatch study

Skills mismatch is a generic term that refers to various types of imbalances of skills and competencies offered and those needed in the labour market. The concept has become one intensely discussed and subjected to measurements in research amid international concerns about its human resource under-u...

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Published inOradea Journal of Business and Economics Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 27 - 37
Main Authors Roxana Hatos, Tomina Săveanu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Oradea Publishing House 01.03.2016
Subjects
employment; skills mismatch; labour market integration; economic studies graduates
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Summary:Skills mismatch is a generic term that refers to various types of imbalances of skills and competencies offered and those needed in the labour market. The concept has become one intensely discussed and subjected to measurements in research amid international concerns about its human resource under-utilization. The article aims to analyse under-employment of economic studies graduates. This is achieved by analysing the results of a professional path survey, with bachelor graduates of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, conducted at the end of 2015. Our main research question was: which are the predictors of the over-qualification of University of Oradea. Faculty of Economic Sciences graduates. The analyses show that under-employment of our graduates is not explained by any demographic variables, but solely by employment outside the domain and specialization of education, as well as by number of jobs previously held by respondents.
ISSN:2501-3599
2501-3599