Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets

This volume contains original research articles which analyze the linkages between education and skills and the causes and consequences of different types of skill mismatch. The volume yields new insights regarding overeducation, underskilling, graduate jobs, wages returns to skills, aggregate productivity, job complexity and skill development.

Solomon W. Polachek, State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA, Konstantinos Pouliakas, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), University of Aberdeen and IZA Giovanni Russo, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and IZA Konstantinos Tatsiramos, University of Nottingham and IZA