Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240849 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2655
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
This study investigates the pattern of overeducation among Brazilian graduates between 1980 and 2010. Making use of information from the last four population censuses, estimates show that changes in workers' demographic characteristics and shifts in the workers' distribution across fields of study represent around 30% of the 10 percentage points increase in the rate of overeducation verified during this three decades period. Although the distribution of workers across fields of study played an important role, the increase in the rate of overeducation would be substantial even if the workers' profile remained fixed at the 1980 level, when a quite small share of the Brazilian population had a graduate degree.
Subjects: 
overeducation
tertiary education
JEL: 
J24
I21
I23
J11
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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