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Title: Labor Migration and Overeducation Among Young College Graduates

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This paper focuses on labor market outcomes of young college graduates in the US, analyzing the nexus between migration, overeducation, and economic conditions. A series of overeducation probit models are estimated, using data from the March Supplements of the Current Population Survey, 20002014. We find that labor migrants are less prone to being overeducated as unemployment rates increase. For stayers, in contrast, we find a positive link between overeducation propensities and unemployment rates. As a result of this response divergence, overeducation probabilities of stayers exceed those of movers during times of medium to high unemployment rates. The results are robust to various definitions of overeducation and various sample restrictions.

Url: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10037-015-0101-0

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Authors: Waldorf, Brigitte; Do Yun, Seong

Periodical (Full): Review of Regional Research

Issue: 2

Volume: 36

Pages: 99-119

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Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration

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