RT Journal Article
T1 The Political Significance of Overeducation: Status Inconsistency, Attitudes towards the Political System and Political Participation in a High-Overeducation Context
A1 Caínzos López, Miguel Ángel
A1 Voces López, Carmen
K1 Overeducation
K1 Politics
K1 Status inconsistency
K1 Mismatch
K1 Political participation
K1 Political attitudes
AB This article examines the impact of overeducation on attitudes towards the political system and political participation. Using survey data from Spain, diagonal reference models were estimated to contrast hypotheses based on the theory of status inconsistency. The evidence links overeducation to political attitudes (lower satisfaction with the functioning of democracy, lower external political efficacy) and political participation (greater participation in protests, higher membership in associations). Most of these effects are modest and some of them are moderated by age. Overall, the findings indicate that overeducation has relevant political consequences, mainly among young, university-educated workers doing jobs with low educational requirements. However, overeducation does not pose a major threat to political stability.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32184
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32184
LA eng
NO Voces, Carmen, and Miguel Caínzos. 2022. The Political Significance of Overeducation: Status Inconsistency, Attitudes towards the Political System and Political Participation in a High-Overeducation Context. Social Sciences 11: 374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci11080374
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026