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 …

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 …

There is evidence that many college graduates are employed in jobs for which a degree is not required, and in which the …

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 …

undergraduate degree. Using data from the National Survey of College Graduates from 2003 through 2017, this paper examines the … graduates of nonselective institutions earn post-baccalaureate degrees from elite institutions, and even when they do …

College graduates are considerably more mobile than non-graduates, and previous literature suggests that the difference … is at least partially attributable to college graduates being more responsive to employment opportunities in other areas … paper uses microdata from the American Community Survey to examine how the migration decisions of young college graduates …