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John J. Green; Peter F. Orazem; Nicole S. Swepston – Education Economics, 2024
This study measures college quality by the amount by which the college adds to the salary of its students above what the median market value would be for the same majors and student quality. Commonly used national rankings of colleges such as U.S. News and World Report or Forbes are heavily biased by a college's average salaries and the quality of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Salary Wage Differentials, Majors (Students), College Outcomes Assessment
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Choi, Sun-Ki; Hur, Hyungjo – Education Economics, 2020
This study analyzes college graduates in the workplace to evaluate the effects of horizontal mismatches between education and jobs on wages and mobility. Using the Heckman-Lee and probit models, this study shows that a gender wage gap still exists. However, the size of the gender wage differential depends on the extent of mismatch. Specifically,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Wages, Labor Turnover
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Light, Audrey; Rama, Apoorva – Education Economics, 2019
Using a sample of college graduates from the NLSY97, we introduce a new approach to assessing wage benefits of STEM training, STEM jobs, and the match between the two: rather than classify individuals dichotomously as STEM or non-STEM, we measure the STEM-intensities of both their college coursework and their occupational requirements. While the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Differences, Prediction, College Graduates
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Ordine, Patrizia; Rose, Giuseppe – Education Economics, 2015
This paper analyzes the impact of university quality, family background and mismatch on the wages of young Italian graduates. An empirical analysis is undertaken using a representative sample of graduates merged with a dataset containing information on the characteristics of universities. By utilizing quantile regression techniques, some evidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Family Characteristics, Educational Quality
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Frick, Bernd; Maihaus, Michael – Education Economics, 2016
Using two representative samples of some 74,000 students and 11,000 graduates, respectively, we analyse the accuracy of students' wage expectations given their individual characteristics. We find that students are aware of the effects of most of their own characteristics, as a large number of determinants of expected and realised salaries do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Salaries, Internship Programs, College Graduates
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Zhu, Rong – Education Economics, 2014
This paper assesses the impact of the mismatch between a college major and job on college graduates' early career earnings using a sample from China. On average, a major-job mismatched college graduate is found to suffer from an income loss that is much lower than the penalty documented in previous studies. The income losses are also found to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), College Graduates, Labor Market
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Grave, Barbara S.; Goerlitz, Katja – Education Economics, 2012
Using data on German university graduates, this paper analyzes wage differentials by field of study at labor market entry and five to six years later. At both points of time, graduates from arts/humanities have lower average monthly wages compared to other fields. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions show that these wage differentials can be explained…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Wages, Labor Market, College Graduates
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Mallier, Tony; Rodgers, Timothy – Education Economics, 1995
Proposes a measure of value added in (British) higher education, based on earning differentials between graduates and nongraduates. Calculates a monetary measurement of value for each different class of degree. This enables researchers to estimate the social-return rate of different degree classes and provides a performance indicator for resource…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Measurement
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Battu, H.; Belfield, C. R.; Sloane, P. J. – Education Economics, 1999
Uses a survey of (British) college graduates from two cohort years (1985 and 1990) to examine determinants of overeducation (mismatch for jobs requiring degrees). Cross-sectional measures of mismatch obscure significant changes for individuals over time. Job satisfaction and earnings are significantly adversely affected by mismatch. (23…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
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Arabsheibani, G. Reza – Education Economics, 2000
Estimates male-female earnings differentials for a 1979 sample of employed university graduates in Egypt. Just over 25 percent of the gross earnings differential between men and women remains "unexplained." This differential, usually attributed to discrimination, is small compared with results obtained from other countries. (Contains 46…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Foreign Countries
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Belfield, C. R.; Beney, A. P. – Education Economics, 2000
Examines the scale and determinants of alumni giving, using datasets from two public-sector UK universities. Considers the importance of alumni giving as revenue and performance measures, comparing UK with U.S. alumni behaviors. Women are more likely to give; high-income grads, particularly lawyers, give greater amounts. (Contains 35 references.)…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Tanaka, Yasuhide – Education Economics, 1996
Considers the variation in wage differentials by educational attainment level in Japan. Although Japanese wage structure is moving in a comparatively steady manner, the wage differential between college and junior college graduates among male workers has become wider since 1976. This phenomenon is explained mainly by changes in labor supply. (MLH)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
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Heijke, Hans; Koeslag, Mieke – Education Economics, 1999
Drawing on various theories, compares relative labor-market positions of graduates from two types of Dutch higher education systems in business administration and economics. Analysis of earnings and job opportunities show that university study generates more human capital and job matchings than higher education vocational study. (Contains 17…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Administration, College Graduates, Comparative Education