There's more to overeducation than a wage penalty: A systematic review of 2011–2021 literature on a vertical job-education mismatch in Europe
There's more to overeducation than a wage penalty: A systematic review of 2011–2021 literature on a vertical job-education mismatch in Europe

Summary/Abstract: A massive expansion of education – notably tertiary – has been one of the defining features of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In parallel, a phenomenon of overeducation emerged as part of employees have been working in jobs below their educational attainment. Current overeducation literature lacks a clear articulation of different contexts that the mismatch is discussed in. Traditionally, the debate about the mismatch has been dominated by the human capital view and focused on its incidence and wage penalty. Building on a systematic review of 2011–2021 literature, 11 research lines of overeducation research in Europe were identified and discussed.

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