Overeducation and its effects on wages: a closer look at the Spanish regions

This paper uses data from the 2004 to 2009 Living Conditions Survey (LCS) to analyze the wage gap between the adjusted and the overqualified employees in the Spanish regions using standard Mincer equations, quantile regression and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. The results indicate that in Spain...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorenzo Serrano, Laura Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AECR 2012-01-01
Series:Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.aecr.org/images/ImatgesArticles/2012/12/4_HERNANDEZ.pdf