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Figure 7. Objective measure of overeducation in international comparison Note: Definition of overeducation: Percentage of individuals aged 25-34 with tertiary education that work in ISCO 4-9, i.e. not as legislators, senior officials, managers and professionals and not as technicians and associated professionals. Share of tertiary educated is a percentage of individuals aged 25-34 who have tertiary education. Source: European Commission, ET2020 Indicators (Sub-indicator 3: Mismatch): https://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ET2020Indicators/ and Eurostat, Population with tertiary educational attainment level by sex and age: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database 23