A new study by CoLABOR, entitled “(Mis)adjustments in Qualifications in Portugal: Evolution, Incidence and the Importance of the Starting Point”, authored by researchers Frederico Cantante and Pedro Estêvão, concludes that underqualification in the Portuguese labor market has decreased significantly in the last two decades and that qualification adjustment has become modal.
In a context of increased educational attainment among the employed population, the Portuguese economy has, in part, managed to recover and create jobs suited to the more qualified profile of the available workforce. Conversely, the rise in overqualification, particularly among women, young people, and in some sectors, suggests that many qualified human resources may be underutilized. This fact may also be leading to the exclusion of less qualified individuals from the labor market.
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