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 …

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 …

observed characteristics. Most notably, Mediterranean female graduates have significant positive wage discrimination while … Western female graduates seem to face a small wage penalty …

graduates. The research suggests that increasing the practical aspects of degree programmes, irrespective of the field of study …

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 …

We find robust evidence that cohorts of male graduates who start college during worse economic times earn higher …, in economic conditions at the time of college graduation, or in field of study choices. Graduates who enroll in bad times … female graduates. Our results suggest that individuals who enroll during economic downturns exert more effort during their …

This paper studies the labour market outcomes of native and foreign PhD graduates staying as migrants in Australia … work experience. In contrast, foreign PhD graduates with a non-English speaking background experience worse labour market …