Publication
Title
Education as investment, consumption or adapting to social norm: implications for educational mismatch among graduates
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Abstract
Relying on data for Belgian graduates, we investigate the relationship between motives to participate in higher education (investment, educational consumption, student life consumption and social norms) and overeducation after graduation. We also examine whether these motives affect the relationship between overeducation and other outcomes like wages and job satisfaction. Key findings are that individuals motivated by educational consumption are less likely to be overeducated but face a stronger job satisfaction penalty to overeducation. Moreover, those motivated by student life consumption have a higher likelihood of overeducation.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Education economics. - Abington
Publication
Abingdon : Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd , 2020
ISSN
0964-5292
DOI
10.1080/09645292.2019.1680955
Volume/pages
28 :1 , p. 26-45
ISI
000503537100001
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UAntwerpen
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Creation 08.01.2020
Last edited 30.08.2024
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