This research is based on the uniqueness of the national tests scores in Colombia where the same students take a standardized test both at the end of high school and at the end of college. We use then the information of the labor market to identify the return to college education once the graduates find a job. The findings suggest that there is…

This dissertation studies the effects of China's higher education expansion reform on workers' labor market outcomes. In Chapter 1, I investigate how China's higher education expansion reform affects young workers' labor market outcomes. Using data from the 2005 China Population Survey, I estimate the effects of the reform using a diff-in-diff…

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and vocational education, and other influences on a variety of labour market outcomes for Australian youths aged between 16 and 25. The six labour market outcomes investigated are: occupational status, hourly and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The…

In the last two decades, we have witnessed a rapid expansion of higher education in Mainland China and Taiwan, recording a significant increase in higher education enrolments in these two Chinese societies. The massification of higher education in China and Taiwan has inevitably resulted in an oversupply of university graduates, with growing…

From the 1960s to the 1990s in the United States, a distinctive feature was observed in variations in the number of Bachelor's degree recipients by field of study. The number in each field demonstrated certain cyclical patterns. Similarly, the U.S. economy experienced fluctuations during a comparable period. Given this 40-year trend, this study…

Until the 1960s, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were practically the only institutions of higher learning open to Blacks in the US. Using nationally representative data files from 1970s and 1990s college attendees, we find that in the 1970s HBCU matriculation was associated with higher wages and an increased probability of…

A study using data from the High School and Beyond Survey examined the effects of employment on grade point averages, dropout rate, and postcollege wages and employment rates of 4,068 college students. While working students were more likely to drop out than nonworking students, they also did better in the labor market if they do graduate. (MSE)

A survey of 973 students in a variety of academic programs at the University of Coventry (England) returning from summer vacations gathered information about summer employment experiences and income. Income levels for students employed full and part time were then compared with student contribution requirements for student financial aid. (MSE)

Student employment while in college during 1980-1984 is presented, based on the High School and Beyond data for 1980 seniors. Who was working, how much was earned, what kind of jobs students held, and how employment was related to college persistence are described. Data are limited to traditional college students during 1980-1984. An introduction…

The Secondary School Graduate Follow-Up Program for the Deaf gathered information from deaf high-school graduates of five classes (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982). The majority of the 273 respondents, who responded repeatedly to surveying from 1981 to 1985, were between ages 20 and 25. The study sought to examine trends in the educational and…

A total of 748 graduates of the classes of 1964, 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1984 from 24 secondary programs for the deaf responded to the survey questionnaire of the 1984-1985 Secondary School Graduate Follow-Up Program for the Deaf. Graduates provided information about their postsecondary labor force activities, employment, occupations, earnings, and…