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

Silvia Kopecny () and Steffen Hillmert
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Silvia Kopecny: University of Tübingen
Steffen Hillmert: University of Tübingen

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2021, vol. 55, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Wages; Higher-education institution; Fields of study; Regional labour markets; Multi-level analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 I23 I26 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1186/s12651-021-00301-4

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