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Download full textVedder, Richard; Denhart, Christopher; Robe, Jonathan – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2013
Increasing numbers of recent college graduates are ending up in relatively low-skilled jobs that, historically, have gone to those with lower levels of educational attainment. This study examines this phenomenon in some detail, concluding: (1) About 48 percent of employed U.S. college graduates are in jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Underemployment, Employment Patterns, Labor Utilization
Mavromaras, Kostas; Mahuteau, Stephane; Sloane, Peter; Wei, Zhang – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Overskilling is the phenomenon whereby a worker's skills are underutilised in his or her job. Overskilled workers are employed, but they are underutilised and mismatched, in that their skills and abilities are not a good match with the requirements of the job. Overskilling can lead to decreased wages and job satisfaction, which suggests that the…
Descriptors: Wages, Job Satisfaction, Persistence, Salary Wage Differentials
