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Should we start worrying? Mass higher education, skill demand and the increasingly complex landscape of young graduates’ employment

Hugo FigueiredoDepartment of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;CIPES – Centro de Investigação em Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, 399, 4450-227Matosinhos, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ricardo BiscaiaCIPES – Centro de Investigação em Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, 399, 4450-227Matosinhos, Portugal;Department of Economics, Management, and Informatics, Portucalense University Infante D.Henrique, Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5596-6564View further author information
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Vera RochaCIPES – Centro de Investigação em Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, 399, 4450-227Matosinhos, Portugal;Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, DenmarkORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0227-7129View further author information
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Pedro TeixeiraCIPES – Centro de Investigação em Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, 399, 4450-227Matosinhos, Portugal;FEP – Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7128-8238View further author information
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