|
?:abstract
|
-
The purpose of this study is to examine how job quality varies across educational level in
Portugal. The analysis of job quality by educational level is quite unexplored in the
literature, as it focuses mainly on wages. This study contributes to fill this gap and provide
a broader analysis on several dimensions of job quality. The empirical analysis draws on
2015 EU-LFS data and an extensive descriptive analysis of job quality variables by level
of education, controlling gender and age. Findings suggest that higher educational level
originates positive variations on job quality, particularly on working conditions. Female
and young employees have lower quality jobs as they are more often in precarious
situations, and although it improves for higher educated, the variations caused by
educational level is not enough to eliminate these inequalities. Higher educated
employees were found to have lower job satisfaction. Overall the investment in higher
education has benefits for the worker, particularly in the long term, related to higher
experience of employees. Being a descriptive study, it does not allow to correlate variable
or conclude regarding cause and effect, being mostly based on assumption which may
introduce bias in the interpretation. In a context of labour market flexibility and growing
precariousness, education is vital both for the individual and for the society, and therefore
this study attempts to raise awareness of its importance and its association to job quality.
(xsd:string)
|