%0 Report
        %A Kampelmann, Stephan
%A Rycx, François
        %T The Impact of Educational Mismatch on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Linked Panel Data
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7093
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7093
        %X We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely on representative linked employer-employee panel data for Belgium covering the period 1999-2006. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, cohort effects and dynamics in the adjustment process of productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii) additional years of under-education (among young workers) are detrimental for firm productivity.
        %K linked panel data
%K productivity
%K educational mismatch
%K GMM