We follow Brodaty et al. (2008) and develop a model within the signalling literature where an employer decides whether …) institution. The empirical design of our paper builds on evidence relative to first labour market entry of graduates to identify a … signalling effect of individual and institutional quality of study on individual horizontal match quality. First, based on a …

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 …

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 …