Is the proportion of college workers in noncollege jobs increasing?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gottschalk, P; Hansen, M
• 署名单位: Boston College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/345564
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 449-471
• 关键词: inequality; GROWTH; TRENDS

摘要

This article explores the claim that college-educated workers are increasingly likely to be in noncollege occupations. We provide a conceptual framework that gives analytical content to the previously vague distinction between college and noncollege jobs. We show that, when there is heterogeneity in preferences, equally productive college workers can be in college and noncollege jobs. This framework is also used to show that skill-biased technological change will lead to a decline in the proportion of college workers in noncollege jobs. This prediction is supported by the data.