The Influences of Institution Attended and Field of Study on Graduates' Starting Salaries

Birch, Elisa; Li, Ian; Miller, Paul W.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8462.2009.00524.x

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“…It can be seen that, even after controlling for unobserved individual heterogeneity, university-based job search is still 17 A similar result was obtained using different university quality measures, including a set of dummy variables for Australian university groups (e.g. Birch, Li & Miller, 2009) and university ratings from Williams (2008). 18 Some evidence in support of this proposition can be found in university admissions data (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre, 2012).…”

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confidence: 73%

Job search as a determinant of graduate over-education: evidence from Australia

Carroll

Tani

2014

Education Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S ABSTRACT Job Search as a Determinant of Graduate Over-Education: Evidence from AustraliaThis study considers the relationship between job search and over-education amongst recent Australian bachelor degree graduates. Using a panel estimation method, we find that using universities' career offices is associated with a reduced probability of over-education (between 3% and 8%) vis-à-vis responding to a job advertisement or searching through networking. These results are robust to alternative specifications and estimation techniques.As over-education is characterised by high persistence, the role of university career services and fairs in screening and matching the skills of graduands with the needs of employers at the entry point into the labour market cannot be overlooked. Relatively little attention has so far been given to the method by which graduates find work. ). Yet, it is unlikely that different job search methods provide the same probability of over-education: some may emerge as more or less efficient, on average, in leading to a job where the under-use of competences acquired during graduate studies is minimised.In this paper we provide evidence of the relationship between over-education and job search methods in Australia using a unique database, the 2011 Beyond Graduation Survey (BGS), which records the labour market activities of a cohort of recent Australian graduates in 2008 and 2011. Five search methods are considered, namely university-based job search, job advertisements, contact networks, direct contact with employers, and 'other methods' not listed on the survey. Thanks to the 1 We refer to "over-education" to locate our work within a well-established literature. However, we believe that over-education can arguably be more rightly thought of as "under-utilisation". Being employed below their level of education does not necessarily mean that a graduate possesses more education than society would consider to be optimal, but his/her productive capacity as a highly skilled worker is almost certainly under-utilised. JOB SEARCH AS A DETERMINANT OF OVER-EDUCATION 3panel nature of the data we are able to control for individual unobserved heterogeneity and limit this source of potential bias.Our results show that finding a job using a university-based search method is associated with a 3%-8% reduced probability of over-education compared with respond...

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confidence: 73%

Job search as a determinant of graduate over-education: evidence from Australia

Carroll

Tani

2014

Education Economics

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“…Evidence from both Australia (Birch et al, 2009) and New Zealand (Smyth & Strathdee, 2010) indicate that the subject studied, more than any other factor, is likely to be a key determinant of future earnings with those graduating with elite vocational degrees (e.g. nursing, engineering) performing best in the labour market.…”

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confidence: 97%

Who Graduates From Irish Distance University Education?

Delaney

2015

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning

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This paper outlines results from an online survey of recent distance graduates. The study, based in Dublin City University (DCU) addresses a gap in the research on this cohort of graduates. Findings indicate that distance graduates are primarily from lower socio economic backgrounds, a group largely under-represented in full-time university education. Significantly, 30% of survey respondents came from a skilled manual background. A large percentage (39% N = 61) of graduates had never accessed any form of higher education before. An equally large percentage (N = 62) had accessed full-time higher education previously, but at a lower level than the honours primary degree they obtained through distance learning. Implications regarding the role of distance education in improving access to university education and social mobility are discussed. Finally, this paper seeks to establish relevance between knowledge of distance graduates and doing things better for first time distance learners.suggestive. To date, no study has explored the particular position of online distance university graduates in an Irish context.

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“…There were modest differences in starting salaries across fields. However, these differences are considerably less than those associated with the type of employment obtained (Birch, Li, and Miller 2009). These results suggest it is what you do in the labour market, rather than where or what you have studied, that is the key determinant of labour market outcomes.…”

Section: Human Capital Theorymentioning

confidence: 46%