The end of the credential society? An analysis of the relationship between education and the labour market using big data
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In times where the number of vacancies is scarce compared to the pool of qualified candidates, employers are likely to add qualification requirements as the supply of educated candidates exceeds demand.
“Similarly, it has been found that in times where the number of vacancies is scarce compared to the pool of qualified candidates, employers are likely to add qualification requirements as the supply of educated candidates exceeds demand (Brown andSouto-Otero, 2020, Golding &Katz, 2008).”
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Section 5 says that when employers face many candidates who could do the job, they may adjust entry hurdles according to labour-market conditions. It does not say that scarce vacancies specifically lead employers to add qualification requirements; section 4.1 instead finds that only 18% of the job adverts studied specify a qualification requirement. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Brown, P., & Souto-Otero, M.
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- School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Souto-Otero, Manuel
- Venue
- Journal of Education Policy
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- Informa UK Limited
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- 2018-12-20
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- 35
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- 95-118
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- 0268-0939
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