scholarly journals Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostas G. Mavromaras ◽  
Seamus McGuinness ◽  
Nigel C. O'Leary ◽  
Peter J. Sloane ◽  
Zhang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

scholarly journals Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on University Graduates

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (286) ◽  
pp. 382-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostas Mavromaras ◽  
Seamus McGuinness ◽  
Nigel O'Leary ◽  
Peter Sloane ◽  
Zhang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

scholarly journals Exploring ethnic differences in the post-university destinations of Russell Group graduates

Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Lessard-Phillips ◽  
Vikki Boliver ◽  
Maria Pampaka ◽  
Daniel Swain
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Social Background ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

The high aspirations of British ethnic minorities are evident in their high rates of participation in higher education. However, some ethnic minority groups remain strikingly under-represented in the most selective universities, and recent studies have shown that university graduates from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely than otherwise comparable white graduates to gain employment in a higher salary, graduate-level job after their degree. This is likely to be due partly to the effects on graduate labour market outcomes of subject studied and university attended. However, no study to date has explored the graduate labour market outcomes for ethnic minority students in the UK’s most ‘prestigious’ universities, defined here as one of the 24 member institutions of the Russell Group. This article draws on data for recent graduates (2009–2013) from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey compiled by the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency. We explore ethnic differences in attainment in five distinct graduate destinations (employment in professional occupations; further study; employment in non-professional occupations; inactivity; and unemployment), controlling for educational and social background. Our results suggest that ethnic minority graduates of Russell Group are less likely than their white counterparts to fare well in the labour market and are more likely to adopt a compensatory strategy of further educational investment, that is a strategy of entering postgraduate education to avoid short-term unemployment or underemployment in a non-graduate job. Our findings challenge a key assumption of the government's social mobility policy agenda that graduating with a good degree from a highly selective university enables ethnic minorities to realise aspirations for upward social mobility.

Exploring gender digital divide and its effect on women's labour market outcomes in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-108
Author(s):  
Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso ◽  
Jimi Adesina ◽  
Ololade G. Adewole
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Technology plays a significant role in bridging gender gap in labour market outcomes. This paper investigates gender differential in broadband Internet usage and its effects on women‘s labour market participation. Employing an instrumental variable approach, findings suggest that exogenously determined high-speed broadband internet usage leads to increases of about 14.1 and 10.6 percentage points in labour market participation for single women and married women with some level of education, respectively. Moreover, further analyses suggest that married women are generally less likely to use the Internet to search for job opportunities and this could partly explains their low labour market participation rate. The findings suggest that more policy effort is required to bridge gender differentials in digital technologies and employment opportunities in South Africa.

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