Graduate employment: Does the type of higher education institution matter?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Tavares, O (Author) Other; Sin, C (Author) Other; Sa, C (Author) Other; Pereira, F (Author) FEP; Alberto Amaral (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Bulletin of Economic Research

ISSN: 0307-3378

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-9TQ

DOI: 10.1111/boer.12400

Abstract (EN): The paper analyses whether the type of institution from which students graduate has an impact on their unemployment propensity. It uses official data on the Portuguese higher education system, for 2018, at the program/institution level, which provides information on graduate unemployment, as well as demographic and socioeconomic background information. A fractional probit model on graduates' propensity for unemployment is estimated. Results suggest that polytechnic graduates face higher unemployment propensity than university graduates, maintaining inequalities present in students' previous trajectories. Policies targeting socioeconomic segregation need to address not only access to higher education but also the transition to the labor market.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17