The incidence and the effect of overskilling on individuals’ wages in Malaysia: a quantile regression approach

• Main Authors: Zainizam Zakariya,, Norasibah Abdul Jalil,, Khoo, Yin Yin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11242/1/jeko_51%281%29-4.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11242/; http://www.ukm.my/fep/jem/content/2017.html

This paper examines the incidence and the effect of overskilling on wages by taking individuals’ unobserved heterogeneity in ability using quantile regression (QR) method. Using data from the second Malaysia Productivity and Investment Climate Survey (PICS-2), the incidence of overskilling was rep...