RT Journal Article
T1 Overeducation as Status Inconsistency: Efects on Job Satisfaction, Subjective Well‑Being and the Image of Social Stratifcation
A1 Voces López, Carmen
A1 Caínzos López, Miguel Ángel
K1 Overeducation
K1 Educational mismatch
K1 Job satisfaction
K1 Subjective wellbeing
K1 Social stratifcation
K1 Status inconsistency
AB In this article, we aim to study the effects of the experience of overeducation, understood as a specific form of status inconsistency, in three areas: job satisfaction, subjective well-being, and the image of social stratification and the economic achievement process. For this, we use survey data from Spain and employ analytical procedures that have not previously been applied to this field (diagonal reference models). Thus, we make an empirical contribution (we test hypotheses concerning the impact of overeducation on specific types of attitudes) and a methodological contribution (we show the fruitfulness of applying to the study of overeducation a standard procedure for analysing the effects of social mobility and status inconsistency). We conclude that the experience of overeducation has some negative effects, but they are mostly confined to the sphere of work. The education/employment inconsistency reduces job and economic satisfaction, but does not affect overall subjective well-being or the image of social stratification.
PB Springer
SN 0303-8300
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32190
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32190
LA eng
NO Voces, C., Caínzos, M. Overeducation as Status Inconsistency: Effects on Job Satisfaction, Subjective Well-Being and the Image of Social Stratification. Soc Indic Res 153, 979–1010 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02516-3
NO This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02516-3
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026