Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market

Studies of the Australian graduate labour market have found a substantial incidence of, and significant earnings effects from, vertical mismatch. This study extends the literature by examining horizontal mismatch, an important dimension of mismatch in its own right and which has been less studied. O...

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Main Authors: Li, I., Harris, Mark N., Sloane, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74108
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description Studies of the Australian graduate labour market have found a substantial incidence of, and significant earnings effects from, vertical mismatch. This study extends the literature by examining horizontal mismatch, an important dimension of mismatch in its own right and which has been less studied. Over a quarter of Australian graduates are found to be mismatched, although the incidence is reduced in the longer term. Graduates from fields of study which are more occupation‐specific were found to be less likely to be mismatched. Earnings penalties were found for all forms of mismatch, and affected both general and specific fields of study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-741082019-06-17T01:15:33Z Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market Li, I. Harris, Mark N. Sloane, P. Studies of the Australian graduate labour market have found a substantial incidence of, and significant earnings effects from, vertical mismatch. This study extends the literature by examining horizontal mismatch, an important dimension of mismatch in its own right and which has been less studied. Over a quarter of Australian graduates are found to be mismatched, although the incidence is reduced in the longer term. Graduates from fields of study which are more occupation‐specific were found to be less likely to be mismatched. Earnings penalties were found for all forms of mismatch, and affected both general and specific fields of study. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74108 10.1111/1475-4932.12413 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia fulltext
spellingShingle Li, I.
Harris, Mark N.
Sloane, P.
Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title_full Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title_fullStr Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title_full_unstemmed Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title_short Vertical, Horizontal and Residual Skills Mismatch in the Australian Graduate Labour Market
title_sort vertical, horizontal and residual skills mismatch in the australian graduate labour market
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74108