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Unemployment or overeducation

Journal Contribution - Journal Article

Subtitle:which is a worse signal to employers?
This study estimates the stigma effect of unemployment and overeducation within one framework. We conduct a randomised field experiment in which we send out trios of fictitious job applications, from male candidates with no relevant work experience, to real vacancies. One candidate graduated just a few months before the application, the two others graduated a year earlier and had been unemployed or underemployed since that time. By monitoring the subsequent callback, we find evidence of a larger stigma effect of unemployment than overeducation. The stigma effect of overeducation is found to occur for permanent contract jobs but not for temporary ones.
Journal: De economist : tijdschrift voor alle standen tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staathuishoudkunde
ISSN: 0013-063X
Volume: 167
Pages: 1 - 21
Publication year:2019
Keywords:A1 Journal article
BOF-keylabel:yes
BOF-publication weight:0.5
CSS-citation score:2
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Closed