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Oxford Economic Papers 2008 60(2):237-253; doi:10.1093/oep/gpm023
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Job-worker mismatch and cognitive decline

Andries de Grip*, Hans Bosma{dagger}, Dick Willems{ddagger}, and Martin van Boxtel{ddagger}

*Research Centre for Education and the Labor Market (ROA), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University, Netherlands, and IZA, Bonn, Germany; e-mail: a.degrip{at}roa.unimaas.nl
{dagger}Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands
{ddagger}Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Brain and Behavior Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Maastricht University, Netherlands

JEL classifications: J24, I19, I29


  Abstract

We have used longitudinal test data on various aspects of people's cognitive abilities to analyse whether overeducated workers are more vulnerable to a decline in their cognitive abilities, and undereducated workers are less vulnerable. We found that a job-worker mismatch induces a cognitive decline with respect to immediate and delayed recall abilities, cognitive flexibility and verbal fluency. Our findings indicate that, to some extent, it is the adjustment of the ability level of the overeducated and undereducated workers that adjusts initial job-worker mismatch. This adds to the relevance of preventing overeducation, and shows that being employed in a challenging job contributes to workers’ cognitive resilience.


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