Table 7 Descriptive description of variables (Pooled sample of first-wave survey, only observations included in regression analysis)

Job-education match

12667

0.706

0

1

Job-education mismatch

12667

0.127

0

1

Not employed

12667

0.167

0

1

Grade: bottom quintile

12667

0.142

0

1

Grade: second-lowest quintile

12667

0.190

0

1

Grade: Middle quintile

12667

0.334

0

1

Grade: second-highest quintile

12667

0.179

0

1

Grade: top quintile

12667

0.156

0

1

Number of years of study above the median

12667

0.492

0.903

0

15

Number of years of study below the median

12667

0.228

0.430

0

3.5

Student job related to studies

12667

0.691

0

1

Student job unrelated to studies

12667

0.724

0

1

Mobility semester (domestic or foreign)

12667

0.254

0

1

Female

12667

0.480

0

1

Age at first-wave survey

12667

28.389

4.317

22

74

Mother with tertiary degree

12667

0.397

0

1

Father with tertiary degree

12667

0.599

0

1

Swiss national

12667

0.867

0

1

Foreigner educated in Switzerland

12667

0.049

0

1

Foreigner educated abroad

12667

0.084

0

1

Standardised annual income, log.

9337

11.153

0.312

10.2

12.5

Unemployment rate in language region

12667

2.781

0.839

1.9

4.5

Change in number of graduates

12667

1.046

0.230

0.1

3.5

Departments

Theology

12667

0.011

0

1

Linguistics and literature

12667

0.101

0

1

History and cultural studies

12667

0.106

0

1

Social sciences

12667

0.279

0

1

Humanities/Social sciences, interdisciplinary/other

12667

0.004

0

1

Economic sciences

12667

0.178

0

1

Exact sciences

12667

0.072

0

1

Natural sciences

12667

0.105

0

1

Exact and natural sciences, other

12667

0.014

0

1

Construction and geodesy

12667

0.055

0

1

Mechanical and electrical engineering sciences

12667

0.051

0

1

Agronomy and forestry

12667

0.014

0

1

Technical sciences, interdisciplinary/other

12667

0.001

0

1

Interdisciplinary and other

12667

0.008

0

1

University

Basel

12667

0.059

0

1

Bern

12667

0.110

0

1

Freiburg

12667

0.072

0

1

Geneva

12667

0.152

0

1

Lausanne

12667

0.095

0

1

Lucerne

12667

0.001

0

1

Neuchâtel

12667

0.034

0

1

St. Gallen

12667

0.041

0

1

Zurich

12667

0.212

0

1

Lugano

12667

0.023

0

1

ETH Lausanne

12667

0.043

0

1

ETH Zurich

12667

0.158

0

1

Year of graduation

2008

12667

0.200

0

1

2006

12667

0.221

0

1

2004

12667

0.289

0

1

2002

12667

0.291

0

1