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Table 9 Multinomial logistic regression: determinants of job-education mismatch (5 years after graduation, pooled sample of second-wave survey). Average marginal effects

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

 

Job-education match

Job-education mismatch

Not employed

Job-education match in FS

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Job-education mismatch in FS

− 0.166***

(0.016)

0.167***

(0.013)

− 0.001

(0.012)

Unemployed in FS

− 0.090***

(0.027)

0.044**

(0.019)

0.046*

(0.026)

Proxies for abilities, interest

Grade: bottom quintile

− 0.059***

(0.016)

0.040***

(0.012)

0.019*

(0.011)

Grade: second-lowest quintile

− 0.015

(0.016)

0.013

(0.013)

0.002

(0.011)

Grade: middle quintile

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Grade: second-highest quintile

-0.001

(0.015)

− 0.001

(0.010)

0.003

(0.011)

Grade: top quintile

0.009

(0.019)

− 0.013

(0.011)

0.004

(0.014)

Average study duration

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Number of years of study above the median

− 0.011

(0.007)

0.008**

(0.003)

0.003

(0.006)

Number of years of study below the median

− 0.012

(0.013)

0.011

(0.011)

0.001

(0.010)

Job related to studies

0.042***

(0.013)

− 0.017**

(0.008)

− 0.026***

(0.009)

Job unrelated to studies

− 0.011

(0.009)

0.014*

(0.008)

− 0.004

(0.009)

Mobility semester (domestic or foreign)

− 0.022**

(0.011)

0.003

(0.009)

0.020**

(0.009)

Sociodemographic characteristics

Female gender

− 0.060***

(0.012)

0.021**

(0.009)

0.039***

(0.010)

Age at first-wave survey

− 0.006***

(0.002)

0.003***

(0.001)

0.002

(0.001)

Mother with tertiary degree

− 0.018

(0.014)

0.005

(0.011)

0.013

(0.009)

Father with tertiary degree

0.004

(0.010)

-0.004

(0.009)

0.000

(0.009)

Swiss national

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Foreigner educated in Switzerland

0.008

(0.025)

-0.002

(0.014)

− 0.006

(0.020)

Foreigner educated abroad

− 0.008

(0.034)

-0.044**

(0.020)

0.052***

(0.019)

Structural characteristics

Difference in cantonal unemployment rate to long-term average

− 0.006

(0.036)

-0.014

(0.015)

0.02

(0.032)

Unemployment rate: Missing

− 0.036*

(0.019)

0.003

(0.016)

0.033*

(0.018)

Change in number of graduates

− 0.023

(0.031)

0.005

(0.022)

0.019

(0.024)

Fixed effects

Departments

X

X

X

Universities

X

X

X

Year of graduation

X

X

X

Pseudo R-squared

 

0.111

 

N

 

5288

 
  1. Multinomial logistic regression. Reference category: job-education match
  2. Cluster for faculties by university. Robust standard error in parentheses.Category percentages: job-education match (83.6 %), mismatch (7.9 %), not employed (8.5 %)
  3. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01
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