La sobreeducación en los ingresos de los profesionales del caso ecuatoriano

Abstract

Overeducation in Ecuador in 2019 presents several determinants that are analyzed in this work. Overeducation shows when an individual possesses academic capacities superior to those required for their work activity, therefore the analysis focuses on establishing the influence of imbalances in education, through models that indicate what are the effects of overeducation on wages; The study is based on the binomial logit model and the model of Verdugo and Verdugo (1989). Using the ENENDU survey for the year 2019, it was found that individuals who are in the over-educated category have a greater probability of obtaining higher incomes on average of 5% more than those who are not in this category, while the under-educated they are 1.18% less likely to receive higher income. Regarding gender, women are less likely to be in the over-educated category compared to men, specifically with 0.5%. It follows then that the over-educated have a better chance of obtaining higher income from the wealth of knowledge acquired.