relationship with graduates' employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher …

test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …

During the early Nineties the proportion of UK graduates doubled over a very short period of time. This paper …. We therefore define three groups of graduates: matched, apparently over-educated and genuinely over-educated; to compare … pre- and post-expansion cohorts of graduates. We find the proportion of over-educated graduates has doubled, even though …

This paper provides estimates of the impact of higher education qualifications on the earnings of graduates in the UK …

observed characteristics. Most notably, Mediterranean female graduates have significant positive wage discrimination while … Western female graduates seem to face a small wage penalty. -- college ; university ; wages ; qualifications ; dropout …

Using a survey of a cohort of UK graduates, linked to administrative data on higher education participation, this paper … investigates the labour market attainment of recent graduates by subject of study. We document a large heterogeneity in the mean … wages of graduates from different subjects and a considerably larger one within subject with individuals with the most …

role in helping young graduates develop the work experience and the competences they need to prevent them from experiencing … address the aim of generating competences rather than only education for their graduates. …

increase the stock of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but data … uses the 2009-2011 American Community Survey to examine the external effects of college graduates in STEM and non …-STEM fields on the wages of other workers in the same metropolitan area. I find that both types of college graduates create …