This paper analyses levels of over-education and wage returns to education for males across
eleven regions of the UK using Labour Force Survey data. Significant differences are found
in the probability of being over-educated across regions; also, differences are found in the
return to the ‘correct’ level of education in each region, in each case associated with
flexibility of movement between and into particular regions, which determines the ease of job
matching. Furthermore, evidence is found that, after controlling for the level of education
acquired, there exists a premium to the ‘correct’ level of education, which varies across UK
regions
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