supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates … of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising …

In this model of education, where individuals are exposed both to educational risk and to wage risk within the skilled … enhancing the quality of education. The necessary expenditures are optimally financed by regressive tuition fees and the net …

increases in wages associated with the receipt of a degree after controlling for educational inputs such as years of schooling …

have on the employment prospects of graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds. … conducted to explore their benefits. Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the … extent to which participation in study abroad programs during university studies impacts subsequent employment likelihood. To …

inequality of opportunities. One crucial element of intergenerational mobility is the way parents influence the education of … analyse the association between parents' education and professional class and secondary track school choice and subsequent … convergence between males and females. The relationship between parental class and children's education translates into earnings …

overeducation status did not change but for non-employed male graduates moving into employment, the chances of entering a graduate … British Skills and Employment Survey series, we analyse trends in the labour market between 1997/2001 and 2006/2012. The … available in the Additional file 1. We find that the massive influx of graduates into the labour force has been absorbed with no …

analysis focuses on Italian graduates and refers to the cohort that graduated in 2007 using data from the AlmaLaurea survey on … graduates' career paths. A new measure of overeducation is introduced and it is jointly examined along with other pre …

not due to a lack of demand for graduates. Economics majors earned higher wages, and mismatch had a smaller effect on …The purpose of this paper was to compare employment outcomes for individuals who majored in economics and business … wages for economics majors than business majors …