Skill Mismatch and Wage Inequality in the U.S.

This dissertation is an empirical investigation into the distributive effects of overand under-education, defined as market outcomes such that some workers possess skills over or below those required at their jobs respectively. This type of market failure can arise in assignment and search equilibri...

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Main Author: Slonimczyk, Fabian
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/133
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=open_access_dissertations