...Rosario Scandurra; Kristinn Hermannsson; Stefano Fusaro Purpose This article assesses the impact of university career services on graduates' earnings. Design/methodology/approach Using data from a Catalan graduate follow-up survey for the period 2008–2023, we compare the earnings of graduates...

... of this research is to analyse whether graduates of the Catalan university system have jobs according to their educational level. Design/methodology/approach This paper sees how graduates’ own and acquired characteristics influence the probability of a mismatch from the analysis of the microdata of different...

...Valentina Ferri; Thaís García-Pereiro; Roberta Pace Purpose In this article, the authors study the gender pay-gap (GPG) among graduates in Italy (2011 cohort) who were employed four years after graduation. The authors focus on individuals who are new entering in the labour market or who match...

...Corinna Ghirelli; Enkelejda Havari; Giulia Santangelo; Marta Scettri This is one of the few studies that analyses the effectiveness of active labour market policies targeting unemployed graduates, especially in the Italian context. The authors rely on different administrative data sources...

...Giovanna Boccuzzo; Luigi Fabbris; Omar Paccagnella Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how graduates’ jobs may be determined by their educational performances and social background. In particular, the authors investigate job-education mismatch and job satisfaction to evaluate whether...

...Samo Pavlin and Ivan Svetlik; Samo Pavlin; Ivan Svetlik Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Employability of higher education graduates in europe” from the perspective of global changes. Design/methodology/approach – The empirically based papers...

...Samo Pavlin and Ivan Svetlik; Tomasz Gajderowicz; Gabriela Grotkowska; Leszek Wincenciak Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the problem of job satisfaction determinants of higher education graduates across six selected study domains. Design/methodology/approach – Based...

...Samo Pavlin and Ivan Svetlik; Samo Pavlin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions by higher education (HE) senior professors and managers of their role in preparing graduates for entry to the labour market. By providing a theoretical and empirical overview of the functional...

...Giuliana Parodi; Francesco Pastore; Daša Farčnik; Polona Domadenik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the school‐to‐work transition of graduates in different fields of study, as well as to study programmes in three subsequent generations of graduates in the 2007 to 2009 period...

...Andrea Cutillo; Giorgio Di Pietro Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of overeducation on wages in the Italian graduate labour market. Design/methodology/approach The relationship between overeducation and wages is analysed using a double selection approach. Two basic...

...Seamus McGuinness This paper reports the results of an evaluation examining the effectiveness of a private sector graduate training initiative in reducing the incidence of overeducation among its participants. It was found that the initiative reduced job‐search frictions within the graduate labour...

...Uzoamaka P. Anakwe; Jeffrey H. Greenhaus This article was developed from the premise that prior work experience provides students with a competitive advantage in the job market since this experience is looked upon favorably by recruiters of college graduates for entry level positions. The article...

...A. Petraki Kottis; S. Dimelis Labour force participation and earnings functions of married and single women graduates of economics and business administration in Greece were fitted using probit and OLS analysis respectively. The probability to participate in the labour force for married women...

...Derek Biddle; Anne Hamill Examines the differences between graduates and non‐graduates from the viewpoint of managerial potential and in the light of the question,“Can graduate calibre people be equipped with the same skills by a limited period of training, without university experience?”Reviews...

...Barbara Graham Mature graduates′ reasons for choosing degree courses and subsequent careers are examined,focusing on their destinations after graduation. The study is based on replies from 1,345 older graduates who completed full‐time degree courses in 1987 and 1989. The findings show...