摘要
本文利用2003年北大课题组进行的全国范围内的高校毕业生调查数据，通过考察毕业生初始工作过度教育的情况与所在企业的规模之间的关系，检验两个竞争的理论—人力资本理论与信号理论（筛选假设）各自关于过度教育的推论。实证结果发现企业规模越大，毕业生出现过度教育的概率显著更大，而且过度教育的幅度也显著更高。这就支持了在高等教育大规模扩展的背景下，过度教育可能是雇主筛选毕业生求职者的一种机制。
The two competing theories, human capital theory and screening hypothesis, have different meanings for over-education. This paper investigates the relationship between over-education and the firm size of graduates＇ first job, using data from a nationwide survey of university graduates in China undertaken in 2003. The empirical results show that both the probability and the strength of over-education significantly increase with the firm size. It supports the idea that under the circumstance of massive expansion of higher education, over-education of graduates may be taken as a screening device for potential employers.
出处
《经济学（季刊）》
2009年第1期569-582,共14页
China Economic Quarterly
