The determinants of education-job match among Canadian university graduates

The observations and viewpoints expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors. [...] This measure of mismatch encompasses not only the level of stuudty a, lbso the field of study as well (a relatively neglected area of research), and will help exptlhaiisn. [...] Brief review of the of education-job match literature Theory Witte and Kalleberg (1995) note that there is theetiocar l importance to the issue of education-job match, as it brings attention to the understandoifn hgo w and why individuals are matched to their employment, which is a concern of many labour mta srkpecialists. [...] In the creiadleisnt tviewpoint, skills are by and large acquired on the job, and employers see education as a ptorer doifc the future productivity and trainability of employees (Garcia-Espejo and Ibanez 2006). [...] In the same vein, because of differences in thel sle ovf (technological) development of the countries of origin and destination, immigrantsm fr oless-developed countries are less likely to have a technology component to their schooling thaet liesv rant to the labour market in the advanced host countries.