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Table 2 Educational and skills (mis)match. (Source: BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2006)

From: Educational (Mis)match and skill utilization in Germany: Assessing the role of worker and job characteristicsQualifikatorisches (Mis)matching und die Ausnutzung von fachlichen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten von Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland: Zur Bedeutung von Personen- und Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen

Matching category

Frequency

Percent

Formal match

Undereducated

1850

10.1

Matched

13,094

71.4

Overeducated

3404

18.6

N

18,348

100.0

Skills match

Underskilled

840

4.6

Matched

15,099

82.4

Overskilled

2395

13.1

N

18,333

100.0

  1. Sample excludes workers aged 15–42 and 65+ (for detailed sample definition see Sect. 3.1. Figures are weighted by survey weight