Is Graduate Under-employment Persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom

Irene Mosca and Robert Wright ()

No 6177, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines the persistence of under-employment amongst UK higher education graduates. For the cohort of individuals who graduated in 2002/3, micro-data collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency, are used to calculate the rates of "non-graduate job" employment 6 months and 42 months after graduation. A logit regression analysis suggests the underemployment is not a short-term phenomenon and is systematically related to a set of observable characteristics. It is also found that under-employment 6 months after graduation is positively related to under-employment 42 months after graduation, which is consistent with the view that the nature of the first job after graduation is important in terms of occupational attainment later in the life-cycle.

Keywords: graduates; under-employment; over-education; persistence; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 J24 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2011-11
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