Job search and over-education: evidence from China’s labour market for postgraduates
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Date
2010
Authors
Fengliang, Li
Yandong, Zhao
Yongpo, Tian
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Publisher
Faculty of Education, University of the Free State
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between the number of informational channels and overeducation
in the outcome of job search, using the survey data of postgraduates in China. The empirical
results show: (1) the more the informational channels of job search are used, the lower the probability and
the less the intensity of over-education will be; (2) graduates from prestigious “985” universities have
lower probability and less intensity of over-education than those of their counterparts from “none-985”
universities. Based on the findings above, we argue that helping graduates to get more job information and
improving the quality of universities will lighten the problem of the over-education under the situation of
great higher education expansion.
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Keywords
Job search, Over-education, Informational channel, Information assymmetry, JEL:I20, J21, D82
Citation
Fengliang, L., Yandong, Z., & Yongpo, T. (2010). Job search and over-education: evidence from China’s labour market for postgraduates. Perspectives in Education, 28(2), 41-50.