The Impact of the Great Recession on Overeducated and Undereducated Workers
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
This paper analyzes the labor market impact of the Great Recession on overeducated and undereducated workers. In March 2008, the U.S. economy was near full employment with an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent. The next year, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent. The pace of the economic decline allows us to observe the workers’ education-occupation match before the downturn and examine its impact on them. We find workers categorized as undereducated prior to the Great Recession less likely to become unemployed or have their hours reduced one year later relative to their just educated and overeducated counterparts, ceteris paribus.
DOI
10.1080/09645292.2020.1734917
Recommended Citation
Rubb, S. (2020). The impact of the Great Recession on overeducated and undereducated workers. Education Economics, 28(3), 263–274. Doi: 10.1080/09645292.2020.1734917
