Green, Francis;
Henseke, Golo;
(2021)
Task-warranted graduate jobs and mismatch.
The Singapore Economic Review
10.1142/S0217590821500399.
(In press).
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Abstract
We distinguish between “task-warranted” and “task-unwarranted” graduate jobs. For both types, a degree is required but task-warranted graduate jobs involve carrying out typical graduate-level tasks. We operationalize the distinction, using representative surveys of resident Singapore workers. We find that the ongoing fast expansion of higher attainment between 2013 and 2017 was met by a similarly-strong growth in task-warranted graduate jobs. Compared with the matched graduates, the graduates in task-unwarranted graduate jobs and in non-graduate jobs both perceive lower skills utilization. There is a negative wage gap of 18% for graduates in task-unwarranted graduate jobs, and of 31% for underemployed graduates.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Task-warranted graduate jobs and mismatch |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1142/S0217590821500399 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590821500399 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Economics, Business & Economics, Wages, skills utilization, underemployment, Singapore, task-based analysis, LABOR-MARKET, OVEREDUCATION, SKILL, SINGAPORE, OVERQUALIFICATION, PERSISTENCE, EMPLOYMENT, INDICATOR, EARNINGS, DEMAND |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133544 |
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