Next Steps for the Relative Education Hypothesis

IF 7.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

American Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1177/00031224211042329

Jonathan Horowitz

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Abstract

The relative education hypothesis states that in contexts where university degrees are scarce, workers with bachelor’s degrees are sought after and enter cognitively skilled occupations; but as education expands across birth cohorts, some workers with bachelor’s degrees are unable to maintain their position in the labor market. In an earlier ASR article (Horowitz 2018), I found support for this argument; however, Furey (2021) shows model instability in estimates of the education–skill relationship. We should treat the results from these two studies as a range of possible estimates, and carefully consider interpretation of the findings in the context of the selected reference categories. Future revisions of the relative education hypothesis should consider that absolute and relative education effects might not shift concurrently, and also that labor market experiences may vary considerably by field of study and occupation.

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相对教育假说的下一步

相对教育假说指出，在大学学位稀缺的情况下，拥有学士学位的工人受到追捧，并进入认知技能职业；但随着教育在出生群体中的扩展，一些拥有学士学位的工人无法在劳动力市场上保持自己的地位。在ASR早期的一篇文章（Horowitz 2018）中，我发现了对这一论点的支持；然而，Furey（2021）在对教育-技能关系的估计中显示了模型的不稳定性。我们应该将这两项研究的结果视为一系列可能的估计，并仔细考虑在所选参考类别的背景下对研究结果的解释。未来对相对教育假设的修订应考虑到绝对和相对教育效应可能不会同时发生变化，劳动力市场体验可能因学习领域和职业而异。

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American Sociological Review SOCIOLOGY-

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13.30

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3.30%

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