Using labor force surveys from four developing countries, we find evidence of overeducation in unskilled jobs in the Philippines, mild evidence in Mexico, and little evidence in India and Thailand. We show that a job's mean and modal years of schooling are poor proxies for required education. ...
In the midst of my personal misadventure, I clearly remember being stuck in commuter traffic, crawling toward the job I hated, with the thought,my life is no longer my ownpopping into my consciousness.It still took me another two years to leave. If you ever find yourself thinking something...
Some studies also report worse educational outcomes among left-behind children compared to the children of stayers, including for years of schooling (Lyu and Chen, 2019) and satisfaction with academic performance (On the Road to School, 2017). Meanwhile, one study finds lower test scores among ...