TY - JOUR
T1 - Overeducation and undereducation and their effect on earnings
T2 - Evidence from Hong Kong, 1986-1996
AU - Ng, Ying Chu
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The expansion of the higher education sector and the structural changes in the Hong Kong economy in the late 1980s raise the issue of the incidence of overeducation in the Hong Kong labor market. Using the 1991 Hong Kong Census, and the 1986 and 1996 Hong Kong By-census data, the present study finds that the incidence of overeducation in Hong Kong is only a temporary phenomenon. The rate of return to education increased, while the premium to overeducation decreased, between 1986 and 1996. It also finds that there is a tradeoff relation between education and experience.
AB - The expansion of the higher education sector and the structural changes in the Hong Kong economy in the late 1980s raise the issue of the incidence of overeducation in the Hong Kong labor market. Using the 1991 Hong Kong Census, and the 1986 and 1996 Hong Kong By-census data, the present study finds that the incidence of overeducation in Hong Kong is only a temporary phenomenon. The rate of return to education increased, while the premium to overeducation decreased, between 1986 and 1996. It also finds that there is a tradeoff relation between education and experience.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-0106.00141
DO - 10.1111/1468-0106.00141
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0034886113
SN - 1361-374X
VL - 6
SP - 401
EP - 418
JO - Pacific Economic Review
JF - Pacific Economic Review
IS - 3
ER -