Place of study, field of study and labour-market region: What matters for wage differences among higher-education graduates?

Journal for Labour Market Research

Steffen Hillmert¹  Silvia Kopecny¹ 

[1] Department of Sociology, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 36, 72074, Tübingen, Germany;

关键词: Wages;    Higher-education institution;    Fields of study;    Regional labour markets;    Multi-level analysis;    E24;    I23;    I26;    J31;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12651-021-00301-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper focuses on the structure and extent of wage differences among graduates of different higher-education institutions in Germany. We ask how large these differences are and how they relate to fields of study and regional labour markets. The results from our application of cross-classified random-effects models to a cohort of the DZHW Graduate Panel show that there is a considerable amount of wage variation depending on the graduates’ alma mater. However, this variation can be fully explained by structural characteristics: Selection based on individual characteristics is of only minor importance, while regional labour markets do matter. Most of all, however, the differences relate to fields of study.

【 授权许可】

CC BY