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Careers and Mismatch for College Graduates: College and Non-college Jobs

Andrew Agopsowicz, Chris Robinson, Ralph Stinebrickner and Todd Stinebrickner
Published online before print January 27, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.4.0517-8782R1
Andrew Agopsowicz
University of Western Ontario
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Chris Robinson
University of Western Ontario
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Ralph Stinebrickner
University of Western Ontario
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Todd Stinebrickner
University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

A large literature studies the wage consequences of “over-education” in the sense of a worker, by some measure, having a higher level of education than is required for the job. We use unique new data to reexamine the common interpretation that initial over-education represents a harmful type of mismatch that arises due to information induced frictions. We contrast this with the alternative that college graduates are heterogeneous with respect to their human capital and that the labor market is appropriately allocating them to jobs, even when many are observed starting in jobs that do not require a college degree.

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Andrew Agopsowicz, Chris Robinson, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd Stinebrickner
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2020, DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.4.0517-8782R1

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Careers and Mismatch for College Graduates: College and Non-college Jobs
Andrew Agopsowicz, Chris Robinson, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd Stinebrickner
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2020, DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.4.0517-8782R1
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