A typology of mismatches between skills and education using a comparative analysis between countries

• Published in: Revista de educación y derecho no. 12; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Giret, Jean-François, Guégnard, Christine, Murdoch, Jake
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Baarcelona 2015
• Subjects: Education; Humanities and Social Sciences; Canada; downgrading on the labour market; higher education graduate; Value of the diploma; skill mismatches; Europe; Japan; Over - education; diploma; Cross-national comparison; incidences

This paper aims to discuss the value of the diplomas and the situation of downgrading on the labour market. Its novelty is to compare skills both acquired and required in employment, using a self - assessment carried out by young higher education graduates a cross nine countries of Europe, Japan and...