• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • I'm too clever for this job: A bivariate probit analysis on overeducation and job satisfaction in Australia

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    57998_1.pdf (216.9Kb)
    Author(s)
    M. Fleming, Christopher
    Kler, Parvinder
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Fleming, Christopher
    Year published
    2008
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Using data from the first wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia data set, this article establishes an empirical relationship between overeducation and workplace satisfaction for Australian adult males in the labour force. In a departure from much of the existing literature, both univariate and bivariate probit models are used to account for potential unobserved heterogeneity. We find that estimates in the univariate probit models are positively biased for three of the six measures of workplace satisfaction studied. This suggests that consideration should be given to the use of bivariate models ...
    View more >
    Using data from the first wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia data set, this article establishes an empirical relationship between overeducation and workplace satisfaction for Australian adult males in the labour force. In a departure from much of the existing literature, both univariate and bivariate probit models are used to account for potential unobserved heterogeneity. We find that estimates in the univariate probit models are positively biased for three of the six measures of workplace satisfaction studied. This suggests that consideration should be given to the use of bivariate models when studying the determinants of workplace satisfaction and overeducation. Results show, although levels of satisfaction remain high, that across all measures of workplace satisfaction overeducated workers are less satisfied compared to their nonovereducated counterparts. This intimates that satisfaction levels should be viewed from a relative, rather than an absolute perspective.
    View less >
    Journal Title
    Applied Economics
    Volume
    40
    Issue
    9
    Publisher URI
    http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713684000
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600771254
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Routledge. This is an electronic version of an article published in Applied Economics Vol. 40(9), 2008, pp. 1123-1138. Applied Economicsis available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
    Subject
    Economics of Education
    Labour Economics
    Applied Economics
    Econometrics
    Banking, Finance and Investment
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/27316
    Collection
    • Journal articles

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander