Over-education, under-education and credentialism in the Australian labour market

This report examines whether expansion in education has led to credentialism in the workforce. The authors employ the ‘ORU’ model to compare the required level of education for a job and the actual level which is held by an individual in that job. This model defines an individual as being over-educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dockery, Alfred Michael, Miller, Paul
Other Authors: Karmel, T.
Format: Book
Published: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 2012
Online Access:http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2521.html
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11971