Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272496 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15869
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper extends the literature on the consequences of over-education, in particular quit outcomes. It is the first study that explicitly tests the impact of job satisfaction and on-the-job training for workers in educational mismatched jobs and on quit behavior using a longitudinal data set. Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity, the dynamic analytical framework examines labor market outcomes for job-mismatched workers. We find that over-education alone, or accompanied by skill under-utilization in combination with lower job satisfaction, increases the incidences of job quitting. Opportunities for training facilitate the retention of initially job-mismatched workers. These results have implications for interpreting mismatch data, retention, and resource allocation.
Subjects: 
on-the-job training
job satisfaction
over-skilling
over-education
turnover
JEL: 
J24
J28
J31
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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