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The distribution of the low-skilled and the low-paid across the different types of occupations as classified by ISCO reveals the groups that are likely to be misclassified. Almost 40% of the low-skilled work as Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers, an occupation with only about 10% of the low-paid (Table 25), which requires specific skills and offers reasonable labor market prospects. At least a subset of this group should probably not be classified as the low-skilled. On the other hand, 50% of the low-paid are concentrated in Elementary Occupations, but only 28% of the low-skilled work in this type of occupation. Table 25. Distribution of the Low-skilled and the Low-paid by Type of Occupation Low-skilled Low-paid Managers 0.21 0.4 Professionals 0.00 0.32 Technicians and Associate Professionals 1.35 1.42 Clerical Support Workers 3.6 3.04 Services and Sales Workers 18.98 28.99 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers 0.5 0.27 Craft and Related Trades Workers 9.23 4.45 Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 37.67 9.84 Elementary Occupations 28.47 50.38 Unknown 0.00 0.89 Total 100 100 Source: AEIS data 2014-2016, own calculation. This implies that there is a group of people with education higher than ISCED 2 who work in Elementary Occupations and are low-paid. In particular, in Elementary Occupations we observe only 27% of the low-skilled and 31% of the low-paid in our data, suggesting that at least 4% of individuals with ISCED higher than 2 work in occupations that require only basic skills and offer little pay and poor career prospects. Therefore, this group should probably be classified as the low-skilled (despite the higher ISCED level of education). 36