Research Article

Educational Attainment and Educational Mismatch in the First Employment in Spain

Table 2

Educational (mis)match by level of education.

CompulsorySecondary
Postcompulsory
Lower vocational trainingUpper vocational
training
University

Adequately matched workers67.820.319.838.153.3
Overeducated workers0.455.559.155.142.2
Undereducated workers31.824.220.46.84.5

Source: author’s elaboration from Spanish Module on School to Work Transitions (2000).