Underemployment due to overeducation: An analysis of worker cooperatives versus conventional firms

IF 1.7 4区管理学 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Economic and Industrial Democracy Pub Date : 2022-06-16 DOI:10.1177/0143831X221099662

Lidia Valiente-Palma, María del Carmen Pérez-González

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Abstract

This research study analyses overeducation in worker cooperatives (WCs) compared to conventional firms (CFs) to determine whether there is any evidence to suggest that underemployment due to overeducation is less probable in WCs (where decisions are made democratically by worker members to maximise collective wellbeing) than in CFs in Spain. A total sample of 945 workers (315 worker members from WCs, 315 non-member workers from WCs and 315 workers from CFs) taken from the Continuous Working Life Sample from the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration was used. The methods applied in the study include regression line comparison between WCs and CFs and logistic regression analysis. The results show that the probability of underemployment due to overeducation may be lower in worker members from WCs than in workers from CFs. Nevertheless, this is not the case for non-member workers in WCs, who display a similar level of underemployment due to overeducation as workers in CFs. This study lays the foundation for research into underemployment due to overeducation in WCs, a topic which has not yet been explored.

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过度教育导致的就业不足：工人合作社与传统企业的比较分析

这项研究分析了工人合作社（WC）与传统企业（CF）相比的过度教育情况，以确定是否有任何证据表明，与西班牙的CF相比，工人合作社（工人成员以民主方式做出决定，以最大限度地提高集体福祉）因过度教育而导致的就业不足的可能性较小。使用了来自西班牙包容、社会保障和移民部的连续工作生活样本中的945名工人（315名工人成员来自WCs，315名非成员工人来自WCs和315名CF工人）。研究中使用的方法包括WCs和CF之间的回归线比较和逻辑回归分析。结果表明，WCs工人因受教育程度过高而出现就业不足的可能性可能低于CF工人。然而，WCs的非成员工人却并非如此，他们因教育程度过高而表现出与CF工人相似的就业不足水平。这项研究为研究WCs因教育过度而导致的就业不足奠定了基础，这是一个尚未探索的话题。

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Economic and Industrial Democracy INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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期刊介绍： Economic and Industrial Democracy is an international peer reviewed journal that focuses on the study of initiatives designed to enhance the quality of working life through extending the democratic control of workers over the workplace and the economy. How those initiatives are affected by wider political, economic and technological factors are also of interest. Special emphasis is laid on international coverage of empirical material, including discussions of the social and economic conditions in various countries.