by Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté and Darcy Hango
Insights on Canadian Society
Based on a self-reported measure of overqualification, this article examines the association
between overqualification and skills among workers aged 25 to 64 with a university degree, using data from the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This article also examines the extent to which overqualified workers are dissatisfied with their jobs. Overqualified workers are defined in this study as university-educated workers who reported that they were in a job requiring no more than a high school education.
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