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Table 6 Correlation between job-education mismatch and income from employment 5 years after graduation (pooled sample of second-wave survey, only employed graduates). OLS coefficients

From: Overeducation among Swiss university graduates: determinants and consequencesNicht ausbildungsadäquate Beschäftigung bei Universitätsabsolventinnen und -absolventen – Determinanten und Konsequenzen

 

All individuals employed at second-wave survey

Only individuals employed at both first- and second-wave survey

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

Model 8

Model 9

Model 10

Mismatch (SS)

− 0.087***

− 0.082***

 

− 0.072***

   
 

(0.017)

(0.013)

 

(0.016)

   

Mismatch (fe model)

      

− 0.037***

       

(0.014)

No mismatch in FS and SS

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

Ref.

 

No mismatch in SS but in FS

  

− 0.035***

 

− 0.040***

− 0.022*

 
   

(0.012)

 

(0.013)

(0.012)

 

No mismatch in SS but non-employed in FS

  

− 0.056***

    
   

(0.014)

    

No mismatch in FS but mismatch in SS

  

− 0.056***

 

− 0.061***

− 0.052***

 
   

(0.017)

 

(0.017)

(0.017)

 

Mismatch in SS and FS

  

− 0.098***

 

− 0.094***

− 0.069***

 
   

(0.021)

 

(0.025)

(0.022)

 

Mismatch in SS and non-employed in FS

  

− 0.169***

    
   

(0.030)

    

Income in FS

     

0.318***

 
      

(0.025)

 

Control variables

       

Department, university, year of graduation

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Proxies for abilities and interest

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Socio-demographic characteristics

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Time-variable characteristics

      

X

Adj. R2

0.007

0.211

0.217

0.231

0.232

0.327

0.556

N

4513

4513

4513

3168

3168

3168

6336

N Cluster

      

3168

  1. Regression coefficients (OLS). Robust standard error in parentheses
  2. The fixed effects model (Model 10) includes job characteristics (management position, internship, temporary job, part-time job, private sector, size of organisation, and job region) as well as a variable for the survey wave
  3. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01