Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 6 Effects of qualifications and covariates on full-time employment

From: Do the labour market returns to university degrees differ between high and low achieving youth? Evidence from Australia

	All				Young men				Young women
Intercept	− 0.59***		− 0.62***		− 0.02		− 0.05		− 0.70***		− 0.73***
Male	0.42***		0.42***		–		–		–		–
Parents’ ESCS (std.)	0.02		0.02		− 0.02		− 0.02		0.05		0.05
PISA test score (std.)	− 0.01		− 0.06		0.00		− 0.06		0.01		− 0.04
Year 12 completion	0.34***		0.37***		0.19*		0.22*		0.46***		0.48***
VET certificate III or IV	0.03		0.03		− 0.01		− 0.01		0.09		0.09
VET diploma	0.08		0.08		− 0.02		− 0.03		0.21		0.20
University degree	0.66***		0.56***		0.56***		0.45***		0.70***		0.62***
Prop. yrs. FT employed	3.76***		3.75***		4.06***		4.03***		3.38***		3.38***
Prop. yrs. unemp. spells	− 0.16		− 0.16		− 0.39*		− 0.37*		0.05		0.04
Years since 2003	0.00		0.00		− 0.01		− 0.01		0.01		0.00
Degree by test score	–		0.28***		–		0.27*		–		0.27**
N of observations	23,935		23,935		11,733		11,733		12,202		12,202
N of events (y = 1)	16,649		16,649		8768		8768		7881		7881
N of persons (clusters)	7005		7005		3414		3414		3591		3591
Clusters with missing data	840		840		402		402		438		438

Logit regression coefficients from repeated design analyses. Contrast: employed full-time vs not employed full-time. Full-time study observations excluded. Weighted for sample selection and attrition. See Table 1 for abbreviations
* 0.05 > P > 0.01; ** 0.01 > P > 0.001; *** P < 0.001

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