The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data
We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer-employee panel data for Belgium covering the period 1999-2006. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, cohort effects and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm produc... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / I21 / J24 / educational mismatch / productivity / linked panel data / GMM / Unterbeschäftigung / Qualifikation / Matching / Arbeitsnachfrage / Produktivität / Schätzung / Belgien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28897453 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/69374 |