RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Careers and Mismatch for College Graduates JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 1194 OP 1221 DO 10.3368/jhr.55.4.0517-8782R1 VO 55 IS 4 A1 Agopsowicz, Andrew A1 Robinson, Chris A1 Stinebrickner, Ralph A1 Stinebrickner, Todd YR 2020 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/55/4/1194.abstract AB A large literature studies the wage consequences of “overeducation” 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 overeducation 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.