The Determinants of Education-Job Match Among Canadian University Graduates

Boudarbat, Brahim; Chernoff, Victor

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“…There are several reasons why understanding education-job (mis)match in relation to university graduates is important (Boudarbat and Chernoff, 2010). At the micro-level, it is well established that an inadequate alignment between acquired and required competences is associated to worse employment conditions (Sicherman, 1991), such as for instance lower salary (e.g.…”

Section: Graduate Education-job Match Overeducation and Spatial Mobimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the same line, other empirical contributions indicate that overeducation decreases with tenure within a job (Groot and Maassen van der Brink, 2000). Scholars have also shown that graduates' education-job match depends on the field of study (Boudarbat and Chernoff, 2010;Venhorst and Cörvers, 2011) and, although the results are more mixed, on study performance measured by final grades (Battu et al, 1999;Biggeri et al, 2001;van der Klaauw and van Vuren, 2010).…”

Section: Graduate Education-job Match Overeducation and Spatial Mobimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Education–Job (Mis)Match and Interregional Migration: Italian University Graduates' Transition to Work

Iammarino

Marinelli

2014

Regional Studies

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This paper analyses the micro-level determinants of the education-job (mis)matches of recent university graduates in Italy. As the Italian graduate population has experienced increasing internal migration, we focus in particular on the role of interregional migration in driving education-job match. The methodology takes into account both the endogenous relationship between migration and employment, and the self-selection bias between employment and education-job (mis)match. Using a survey on Italian graduates' entry into the labour market, we find that whilst migration at the national level is confirmed to have a positive role in both finding a job and decreasing the probability of overeducation, robust differences emerge when looking at the subnational dimension. Indeed, the Northern regions by receiving inflows of Southern graduates that manage to attain a good education-job match in the recipient labour markets, are apparently reaping part of the return to the investment in university education bore in the South.

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Section: Graduate Education-job Match Overeducation and Spatial Mobimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Graduate Education-job Match Overeducation and Spatial Mobimentioning

confidence: 99%

Education–Job (Mis)Match and Interregional Migration: Italian University Graduates' Transition to Work

Iammarino

Marinelli

2014

Regional Studies

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“…However, the degree of skills mismatch also appears to be influenced by the type of job. A study of Canadian graduates reveals that jobs such as teaching or health care, which require specific educational credentials, have the lowest incidence of skills mismatch, while sectors such as trade and hospitality that do not require specialized education are found to be more susceptible to job and skills mismatches (Boudarbat & Chernoff, 2009).…”

Section: Research Into Employers' Perspectives About Graduates' Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

University Graduates’ Skills Mismatches in Central Asia: Employers’ Perspectives From Post-Soviet Tajikistan

Jonbekova

2015

European Education

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This paper examines employers' perspectives about university graduates' skills and preparation for employment in post-Soviet Tajikistan. It explores the mismatch between the skills university graduates acquire and the skills required in the job market, and addresses some of the underlying reasons for the perceived skills mismatch. Thematic analysis of interviews with employers' and secondary data suggest that the quality of higher education has declined considerably over the past two decades, widening the gap between the skills acquired by university graduates and those required by employers. The findings show that despite a rapid expansion of the higher education sector in Tajikistan, an increasing number of individuals are obtaining degrees, but fail to demonstrate a basic understanding of their field of study. I argue that while the skills mismatch derives from the challenges faced by the education system, a latent labor market and a weak economy are also contributing to the skills mismatch. The goals set by politicians and policy-makers, envisioning the internationalization of education and the preparation of the graduates to be responsive to the local and global labor market needs, seem far from being achieved in the near future. Employers' perspectives suggest that the reform of the education sector without the creation of more decent job opportunities will likely exacerbate the current skills mismatch in Tajikistan.

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“…Empirical studies also show salary "penalties" for first-generation graduates, i. e. whose parents don't have a higher education [Zhang, 2008]. Moreover, first-generation graduates will more likely have "low quality" jobs [Gottschalk, Hansen, 2003;Boudarbat, Chernoff, 2009].…”

Section: Family Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For employers, having job-education mismatches in the staff means additional expenses for in-house training systems [Van Smoorenburg, Van der Velden, 2000]. Among factors exerting positive influence on chances of matching job and education, researchers single out quality of university, demand for specialization, academic performance, and higher degree of education acquired (a Master's degree as compared to a Bachelor's) [Boudarbat, Chernoff, 2009].…”

Section: Effects Of Diversity Of Jobs On the Level Of Graduates' Wagesmentioning

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Do Starting Salaries for Graduates Measure the Quality of Education? A Review of Studies by Russian and Foreign Authors

Roshchin¹,

Рудаков²

2015

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Abstract. This paper is a review of studies that investigate factors that determine starting wages of university graduates. The focus is laid upon the works addressing the question: To what extent can starting graduate wages be indicative of the quality of education received? We discuss the theoretical conceptions shedding light on the reasons for differences in wages of fresh graduates: the theory of human capital, the job market signaling theory, the theory of compensating wage differentials, and empirical studies aimed at measuring the influence various factors have on the size of starting wages. An analysis of different studies has shown that, despite the important role played by the quality of education, there are many other factors that can have an impact on wages. Such factors include heterogeneity of graduates and jobs, market imperfections, individual preferences of graduates and their strategies of entering the labor market. The provided review and critical analysis of studies designed to assess the correlations between the quality of higher education and the level of starting wages for graduates allows us to define the general requirements to data quality in case of Russia adopts the system of university graduate monitoring. Keywords: higher education, labor market, graduate wages, the theory of human capital, job market signaling, compensating wage differentials, university graduate monitoring systems.The existing situation with Russian professional education is determined by the recent transition from elite to mass higher education. Higher percentage of school graduates obtain higher education, which naturally gives rise to problems, the most acute of which are:• degradation of the overall quality of higher education and differentiation among educational institutions and programs by quality of the education they provide;

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The Determinants of Education-Job Match Among Canadian University Graduates

Cited by 25 publications

References 19 publications

Education–Job (Mis)Match and Interregional Migration: Italian University Graduates' Transition to Work

Education–Job (Mis)Match and Interregional Migration: Italian University Graduates' Transition to Work

University Graduates’ Skills Mismatches in Central Asia: Employers’ Perspectives From Post-Soviet Tajikistan

Do Starting Salaries for Graduates Measure the Quality of Education? A Review of Studies by Russian and Foreign Authors

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