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Major-occupation match quality : an empirical measure based on relative productivity
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dc.contributor.author | Leighton, Margaret A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Speer, Jamin D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-19T00:35:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-19T00:35:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-01 | |
dc.identifier | 282460751 | |
dc.identifier | b9c6756a-0ef5-4d56-8129-367bc8b5f552 | |
dc.identifier | 85144389364 | |
dc.identifier | 000900741000001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Leighton , M A & Speer , J D 2023 , ' Major-occupation match quality : an empirical measure based on relative productivity ' , The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy , vol. 23 , no. 1 , pp. 285-292 . https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0254 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1935-1682 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3270-1269/work/125303024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/28893 | |
dc.description.abstract | The match quality between a worker’s field of study in college and her occupation is an important labor market outcome. Yet this match quality is difficult to define and measure. We propose a new measure of major-occupation match quality based on relative productivity. A worker is well-matched if graduates from her major, working in her occupation, have high earnings relative to other major-occupation pairs. We show that some majors can be very well-matched or very badly matched (e.g., nursing), while others are never very well- or badly matched (e.g., humanities). Our measure has two desirable features: it is continuous, and it can be estimated in any data set including field of study, wage, and occupation. | |
dc.format.extent | 8 | |
dc.format.extent | 287610 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy | en |
dc.subject | College major | en |
dc.subject | Match quality | en |
dc.subject | Mismatch | en |
dc.subject | Higher education | en |
dc.subject | Occupations | en |
dc.subject | LB2300 Higher Education | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | LB2300 | en |
dc.title | Major-occupation match quality : an empirical measure based on relative productivity | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Economics and Finance | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0254 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2023-12-19 |
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