The association between graduates’ field of study and occupational attainment in West Germany, 1980–2008

Klein, Markus

doi:10.1007/s12651-016-0201-5

Journal for Labour Market Research

Tab. 4 Graduates’ field of study and unemployment risk over time (linear probability model). (German Microcensus, Scientific-Use-Files 1980–2008)

From: The association between graduates’ field of study and occupational attainment in West Germany, 1980–2008Der Zusammenhang zwischen Studienfach und beruflichem Erfolg von Hochschulabsolventen in Westdeutschland

Men (N = 30,603)	1980	1985–1987	1989–1993	1995/1996	2000	2004–2005	2006–2008
Ref. Science/Mathematics
Medicine/Pharmacy	−0.00	−0.01	−0.03^*	−0.01	−0.00	0.01	0.00
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.01)
Teaching	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	−0.00	−0.01	−0.01
	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Law	0.01	0.01	−0.03	−0.01	0.02	0.01	−0.00
	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Engineering/Agronomics	−0.00	0.00	−0.02	−0.01	−0.00	0.02	0.00
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Business/Management	0.01	−0.02	−0.04^**	−0.01	−0.02	−0.01	−0.01
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Humanities/Social sciences/Arts	0.00	0.05^*	0.01	0.00	−0.00	0.03	0.02
	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Social services/Education	0.03	0.03	0.00	−0.05^*	0.00	0.01	−0.02
	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.02)
Women (N = 18,762)	1980	1985–1987	1989–1991	1995/1996	2000	2004–2005	2006–2008
Ref. Science/Mathematics
Medicine/Pharmacy	−0.01	−0.02	−0.00	−0.05	0.06	0.00	0.00
	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)
Teaching	0.00	−0.05	0.01	−0.06	−0.01	−0.04	−0.02
	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)
Law	0.04	−0.08	−0.06	−0.06	−0.01	−0.02	−0.04
	(0.08)	(0.09)	(0.08)	(0.08)	(0.08)	(0.08)	(0.08)
Engineering/Agronomics	−0.05	−0.00	0.05	0.01	0.07	0.05	0.06
	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)
Business/Management	−0.01	−0.04	−0.01	−0.07	0.01	−0.02	−0.00
	(0.05)	(0.06)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)
Humanities/Social sciences/Arts	−0.01	−0.05	0.02	−0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.04)
Social services/Education	−0.03	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.04
	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)

LPM includes main effects of nationality, HE institution and interaction terms with period; robust standard errors in parentheses; ^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001

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