Swansea University, UK, Flinders University, Australia, and IZA, Germany
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Emeritus Professor, School of Business and Economics, Swansea University, UK
Research interest
Labor economics, economics of education, economics of sport
Website
Positions/functions as a policy advisor
OECD, UK Low Pay Commission, Fair Pay Australia, Australian Productivity Commission, NCVER
Past positions
Director, Welsh Economy Labour Market Research and Evaluation Centre (WELMERC), Swansea University, UK; Jaffrey Professor of Political Economy, Vice Principal and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Aberdeen, UK
Qualifications
PhD, University of Strathclyde, 1968
Selected publications
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“The economics of professional football.” Scottish Journal of Political Economy 18:2 (1971): 121–146.
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“The measurement of sex and marital status discrimination at the workplace.” Economica 48:190 (1981): 125–141 (with W. S. Siebert).
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“Over-education under-education and the British labour market.” Applied Economics 31:11 (1999): 1437–1454 (with H. Battu and P. Seaman).
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“Disability in the labour market; An analysis of British males.” Journal of Health Economics 19:6 (2000): 961–981 (with M. P. Kidd and I. Ferko).
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“Human capital spillovers in the workplace.” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 65:5 (2003): 575–594 (with H. Battu and C. R. Belfield).
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Overeducation, skill mismatches, and labor market outcomes for college graduates
Overskilling or overskilling plus overeducation are more likely than overeducation alone to harm employee welfare
Peter J. Sloane, November 2014There is evidence that many college graduates are employed in jobs for which a degree is not required, and in which the skills they learned in college are not being fully used. Most of the literature on educational or skill mismatch is based on cross-sectional data, providing information at just one point in time. Drawing meaningful conclusions about mismatch, its dynamics, and its relationship to wages, job satisfaction, and job mobility requires panel data, which can reach more nuanced conclusions by allowing for individual differences, e.g. choosing a job because it offers compensation.MoreLess