Qualification and skill mismatchesEurope in a cross-national perspective

  1. Santiago Budría 1
  2. Ana I. Moro-Egido 2
  1. 1 Universidad Nebrija
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    Universidad Nebrija

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03tzyrt94

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revue:
Cuadernos económicos de ICE

ISSN: 0210-2633,  2340-9037

Année de publication: 2018

Titre de la publication: Capital humano y mercado laboral

Número: 95

Pages: 151-188

Type: Article

DOI: 10.32796/CICE.2018.95.6646 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: Cuadernos económicos de ICE

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Résumé

This paper examines patterns in qualification and skill mismatches between countries using data from the CEDEFOP European Skills and Jobs Survey for 28 EU countries. We assess the incidence of both types of mismatches across the EU and document the higher incidence of over instead of under qualification and skilling. The analysis of the determinants of both overqualification and overskilling shows that it is worth exploring qualification and skills mismatches separately, as they are associated with different worker profiles, job characteristics and country aggregate features. Finally, we are able to account for the contribution of aggregate level variables in explaining the incidence of mismatches across the population and countries. They are crucial for the case of overqualification, and as important as individual and job characteristics for overskilling.

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