Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan
This study empirically examines the incidence and earning effect of educational mismatch in the labor market of Pakistan. Microdata obtained from the labor force survey for the years (2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18) is used for the analysis. The realized match approach is used to measure the required lev...
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| author | Muhammad Zaheer Khan Said, Rusmawati Mazlan, Nur Syazwani Mohamed Nor, Norashidah |
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| description | This study empirically examines the incidence and earning effect of educational mismatch in the labor market of Pakistan. Microdata obtained from the labor force survey for the years (2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18) is used for the analysis. The realized match approach is used to measure the required level of education, and the augmented mincerian model is used to determine the potential earning effects associated with the educational mismatch. The study found a considerable incidence of under-education and over-education in the labor market. Results show a positive return to under-education and over-education. However, the return to the required level of education is significantly higher than both the under-education and over-education. |
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| spelling | upm-1018302023-09-22T23:46:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101830/ Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan Muhammad Zaheer Khan Said, Rusmawati Mazlan, Nur Syazwani Mohamed Nor, Norashidah This study empirically examines the incidence and earning effect of educational mismatch in the labor market of Pakistan. Microdata obtained from the labor force survey for the years (2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18) is used for the analysis. The realized match approach is used to measure the required level of education, and the augmented mincerian model is used to determine the potential earning effects associated with the educational mismatch. The study found a considerable incidence of under-education and over-education in the labor market. Results show a positive return to under-education and over-education. However, the return to the required level of education is significantly higher than both the under-education and over-education. Public Library of Science 2022-06-03 Article PeerReviewed Muhammad Zaheer Khan and Said, Rusmawati and Mazlan, Nur Syazwani and Mohamed Nor, Norashidah (2022) Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan. PLoS One, 17 (6). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1932-6203 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268008 10.1371/journal.pone.0268008 |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Zaheer Khan Said, Rusmawati Mazlan, Nur Syazwani Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title | Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title_full | Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title_short | Incidence of educational mismatch and earning in Pakistan |
| title_sort | incidence of educational mismatch and earning in pakistan |
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