000088216 001__ 88216 000088216 005__ 20230126102836.0 000088216 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jpolmod.2019.02.015 000088216 0248_ $$2sideral$$a111276 000088216 037__ $$aART-2019-111276 000088216 041__ $$aeng 000088216 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2503-2829$$aGarcia-Mainar, I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000088216 245__ $$aThe signalling role of over-education and qualifications mismatch 000088216 260__ $$c2019 000088216 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000088216 5203_ $$aOver-education may arise from the voluntary decisions of individuals to acquire more qualifications than those required in the workplace, such that over-education may have a signaling role that allows workers to compensate for the lack of certain other skills, or to gain access to the labor market. This paper analyses the signaling role of over-education in Spain, a country characterised by a strongly-segmented labor market with high unemployment levels, and a large number of over-educated. Using micro data for a representative sample of Spanish workers, three different methods are applied to provide evidence that educational mismatch plays a clear signaling role. Policy implications are derived to alleviate inefficiencies in the allocation of educational resources and in the incentives of workers to use over-education as a signal. 000088216 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S13$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZ2015-SOC-01 000088216 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000088216 590__ $$a1.486$$b2019 000088216 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b177 / 371 = 0.477$$c2019$$dQ2$$eT2 000088216 592__ $$a0.979$$b2019 000088216 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2019$$dQ2 000088216 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000088216 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2893-4051$$aMontuenga, V.M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000088216 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000088216 773__ $$g41, 1 (2019), 99-119$$pJ. policy model.$$tJOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING$$x0161-8938 000088216 8564_ $$s532986$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88216/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000088216 8564_ $$s174817$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88216/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000088216 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:88216$$particulos$$pdriver 000088216 951__ $$a2023-01-26-09:53:32 000088216 980__ $$aARTICLE