Educational mismatch and self-employment

Keith Bender and Kristen Roche Carioti

Economics of Education Review, 2013, vol. 34, issue C, 85-95

Abstract: Previous research on educational mismatch concentrates on estimating its labor market consequences but with a focus on wage and salary workers. This paper examines the far less studied influence of mismatch on the self-employed. Using a sample of workers in science and engineering fields, results show larger earnings penalties for mismatch among the self-employed but no diminution in job satisfaction. Moreover, the reasons for mismatch among the self-employed differ dramatically by gender.

Keywords: Educational mismatch; Self-employment; Earnings; Job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J24 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.01.010

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