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Youth Transition from School to Work in Spain
Lucía Navarro GómezCarolina De La O SánchezGérard LassibilleIsabel Aguilar Ramossubject
Economics and EconometricsLabour economicsJEL: J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J6 - Mobility Unemployment Vacancies and Immigrant Workers/J.J6.J64 - Unemployment: Models Duration Incidence and Job SearchHigher educationmedia_common.quotation_subject[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationHuman capitalEducation0502 economics and businessEconomicsHuman capital[ SHS.ECO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances050207 economicsDuration (project management)10. No inequalityEmpirical evidence[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Financemedia_commonJEL: J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J4 - Particular Labor Markets/J.J4.J41 - Labor ContractsSecondary levelWorking lifeJEL : J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J6 - Mobility Unemployment Vacancies and Immigrant Workers/J.J6.J64 - Unemployment: Models Duration Incidence and Job Searchbusiness.industry4. EducationYouth labor market05 social sciences050301 educationJEL: I - Health Education and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I21 - Analysis of Education[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceWork (electrical)Spain8. Economic growthUnemploymentOver- and underschoolingJEL : J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J4 - Particular Labor Markets/J.J4.J41 - Labor Contractsbusiness0503 educationJEL : I - Health Education and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I21 - Analysis of Educationdescription
Using a data set drawn from the Encuesta Socio-Demográfica conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 1991, we analyze the labor market entrance of Spanish school leavers and the match between education and work at the early stages of working life. The empirical evidence shows that human capital exerts a strong influence on the duration of unemployment. With regard to the job match between education and work we find that young workers are more likely to be underutilized compared to their adult co-workers. Regression results indicate that people with higher education have, all else being equal, a lower probability of being overeducated and a shorter lenght of unemployment. They also show the poor performance of upper secondary education ; a key problem in the Spanish educational system.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-04-01 |