Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment
Abstract
We test whether employers prefer overqualified to adequately qualified job candidates. To this end, duos of fictitious applications by bachelor's and master's graduates are sent to real job openings with a bachelor's degree as a minimum requirement. For the overall sample, we find that overqualified master's graduates are 19 percent more likely to be directly invited for a job interview and 11 percent more likely to get any positive reaction....
Paper Details
Title
Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment
Published Date
Apr 24, 2018
Journal
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
361 - 388
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