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Earnings Expectation and Graduate Employment: Evidence from Recent Chinese College Graduates
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Po, Yang – Frontiers of Education in China, 2011
Chinese college graduates have faced increasing labor market competition since the expansion of tertiary education. Given rigid market demand, graduates with realistic earnings expectations may experience a more efficient job search. Using the 2008 MYCOS College Graduate Employment Survey, this study finds that a 1000 yuan reduction in a…
Descriptors: Wages, Job Search Methods, Labor Market, College Graduates
Differences between the Employment of Higher Education Students from the Cities and the Countryside and the Fairness of Higher Education: From the Perspective of Employment Capability
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Lai, Desheng; Tian, Yongpo; Meng, Dahu – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
There has been a substantial disparity in the job prospects between higher education graduates from urban regions and those from the countryside in China. In other words, higher education graduates from cities find it easier to obtain jobs and to obtain better jobs than their peers who have grown up in the countryside. Against this background, the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential