ERIC Number: ED662991
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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Grads on the Go: Measuring College-Specific Labor Markets for Graduates
Johnathan G. Conzelmann; Steven W. Hemelt; Brad J. Hershbein; Shawn Martin; Andrew Simon; Kevin M. Stange
Grantee Submission
This paper introduces a new measure of the labor markets served by colleges and universities across the United States. About 50% of recent college graduates are living and working in the metro area nearest the institution they attended, with this figure climbing to 67% in-state. The geographic dispersion of alumni is more than twice as great for highly selective 4-year institutions as for 2-year institutions. However, more than one quarter of 2-year institutions disperse alumni more diversely than the average public 4-year institution. In one application of these data, we find that the average strength of the labor market to which a college sends its graduates predicts college-specific intergenerational economic mobility. In a second application, we quantify the extent of "brain drain" across areas and illustrate the importance of considering migration patterns of college graduates when estimating the social return on public investment in higher education. [This is the online first version of an article published in "Journal of Policy Analysis and Management."]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1919387; R305B150012
Data File: URL: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2188/10.3886/E170381