The incidence of overschooling and underschooling and its effect on earnings in the United States and Hong Kong

Elchanan Cohn; Eric Johnson; Ying Chu Ng

The incidence of overschooling and underschooling and its effect on earnings in the United States and Hong Kong

Elchanan Cohn, Eric Johnson, Ying Chu Ng

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Abstract

Data from the Current Population Survey (for the U.S.) and from the 1986 Hong Kong By-census and the 1991 Hong Kong Census were used to study the following issues: (1) What is the incidence of adequate schooling, overschooling and underschooling in the two countries, and has it changed between 1986 and 1991? (2) What are the wage consequences of adequate schooling, overschooling and underschooling, and have they changed over time? Also, are the results influenced by labor market experience?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Worker Well-Being
Editors	Solomon W. Polachek
Publisher	Jai Press Inc.
Pages	29-61
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Print)	9780762306930
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2000

Publication series

Name	Research in Labor Economics
Volume	19
ISSN (Print)	0147-9121

Scopus Subject Areas

Industrial relations
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations

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