Table 10 OLS regression: Correlation between job-education mismatch and income from employment (pooled sample of first-wave and second-wave survey, only employed graduates)

Job-education mismatch in FS

− 0.055***

(0.010)

Job-education match in FS and SS

Ref.

Job-education match in SS, mismatch in FS

− 0.035***

(0.012)

Job-education match in SS, not employed in FS

− 0.056***

(0.014)

Job-education match in FS, mismatch in SS

− 0.056***

(0.017)

Job-education mismatch in SS and in FS

− 0.098***

(0.021)

Job-education mismatch in SS, not employed in FS

− 0.169***

(0.030)

Proxies for abilities, interest

Grade: bottom quintile

− 0.027**

(0.011)

− 0.021*

(0.011)

Grade: second-lowest quintile

− 0.003

(0.008)

− 0.020*

(0.010)

Grade: middle quintile

Ref.

Ref.

Grade: second-highest quintile

0.000

(0.007)

0.015

(0.011)

Grade: top quintile

− 0.010

(0.010)

0.002

(0.015)

Average study duration

Ref.

Ref.

Number of years of study above the median

0.003

(0.004)

− 0.006

(0.006)

Number of years of study below the median

0.015

(0.013)

0.013

(0.011)

Student job related to studies

0.052***

(0.009)

0.035***

(0.010)

Student job unrelated to studies

− 0.016

(0.011)

0.001

(0.008)

Mobility semester (domestic or foreign)

− 0.017**

(0.007)

− 0.007

(0.012)

Socio-demographic characteristics

Female

− 0.029***

(0.007)

− 0.028***

(0.010)

Age at first-wave survey

0.037***

(0.009)

0.037***

(0.011)

Age squared/100

− 0.028**

(0.012)

− 0.037**

(0.016)

Mother with tertiary degree

0.006

(0.007)

− 0.012

(0.008)

Father with tertiary degree

− 0.009

(0.007)

0.002

(0.009)

Swiss national

Ref.

Ref.

Foreigner educated in Switzerland

− 0.004

(0.012)

0.006

(0.013)

Foreigner educated abroad

− 0.079***

(0.015)

-0.019

(0.026)

Fixed effects

Departments

X

X

Universities

X

X

Year of graduation

X

X

Constants

10.571***

(0.151)

10.879***

(0.187)

Adjusted R²

0.192

0.217

N

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