States, these credentials typically take the form of licenses and certifications. Although a critical part of the workforce …Occupational credentials provide an additional-and, at times, alternative-path other than traditional academic degrees … landscape, the literature on the returns to credentials is inadequate, with prior research typically relying on Ordinary Least …

We study how signaling skills that are specific to college majors affect labor market outcomes of college graduates. We …

, mainly focusing on the United States, has found that graduates of prestigious and selective colleges enjoy a wage premium … over graduates of other institutions when they enter the labour market. In this paper, we use data from the Graduate …

This paper studies the labor market experiences of white male college graduates as a function of economic conditions at …

university graduates using comprehensive and representative national data for Russia. The study is based in graduates' assessment … and statistical analyses. We find that one-third of graduates in Russia work in a job that is not related to their field … of study. Moreover, graduates from fields that either generate more general human capital (social sciences, business, law …

available in the Additional file 1. We find that the massive influx of graduates into the labour force has been absorbed with no … overeducated graduates increased by 11 log points. Using the British Household Panel Study, we find that the persistence of … overeducation status did not change but for non-employed male graduates moving into employment, the chances of entering a graduate …