Graduate Labor Mismatch in Poland

• Authors: Aleksander Kucel , Montserrat Vilalta-Buffi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates education-labor mismatch for university graduates in Poland using the HEGESCO survey. Mismatch refers to the level of discord between the job performed by an individual and its education and skills. We evaluate three different dimensions of mismatch: vertical (under-/overeducation), horizontal (wrong field of study for the job performed), and skills mismatch (under-/overskilled). We discuss our results in the light of the large increase in the demand for tertiary education as well as in the number of tertiary education institutions that occurred in Poland after the transition process from communism to market economy.

Keywords

EN

vertical mismatch; over-education; horizontal mismatch; skills mismatch; competencies; fields of study; educational expansion; Poland

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 179
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 413-430

Dates

published

2012-10-01

Contributors

author

Aleksander Kucel

• Maresme University College (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Spain

author

Montserrat Vilalta-Buffi

• University of Barcelona