P é ter R ó bert Professor of Sociology, Sz é chenyi University, Győr

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The Bologna process and graduate career tracking system Inequalities in transition from higher education to labour market Péter Róbert Professor of Sociology, Széchenyi University, Győr Senior researcher, Institute of Political Science (HAS) and TARKI, Budapest Presentation on October 20, 2011 at Educatio

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The Bologna process and graduate career tracking system Inequalities in transition from higher education to labour market. P é ter R ó bert Professor of Sociology, Sz é chenyi University, Győr Senior researcher, Institute of Political Science (HAS) and TARKI , Budapest - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Bologna process and graduate career tracking system

Inequalities in transition from higher education to labour market

Péter RóbertProfessor of Sociology, Széchenyi University, Győr

Senior researcher, Institute of Political Science (HAS) and TARKI, Budapest

Presentation on October 20, 2011 at Educatio

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Source of inequalities• Type of education (institutional level)

- short program vs. long program- type of curriculum and examination (in terms of skill formation)- field of study

• Family background (individual level)- cultural climate in the family- economic / financial conditions in the family(based on respondent’s responses)

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Indicators for LM entry success

Labour market entry is regarded successful if • the process is quick, if the graduate finds a job

within a short time • there is a good match between the job and the

qualifications- vertical match: the job requires the given level of education (e.g. a tertiary degree)- horizontal match: the job fits to the field of study

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The advantage of being graduated

• The best chances to find a job appear if labour market entrants have tertiary education, particularly if they completed long programs (level of upper tertiary)

• Those with (upper) tertiary level of education have better chances to find a job with higher occupational status

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Effects of education on hazard rates of the first job entry by country

Source: Comparative analysis of education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe, MZES Project, Irena Kogan et. al.

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Effect of education on the first job status by country

Source: Comparative analysis of education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe, MZES Project, Irena Kogan et. al.

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The curriculum is dominated by lectures vs. group assignments

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The curriculum is dominated by theory vs. practice

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Learning effects on transition to LM

• Practical oriented curriculum results in smoother LM entry and better match between qualification and job

• Study related work during the years spent in higher education leads to quicker LM entry and better match

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The impact of work during studies

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Country patterns of transition from university to work

Methodology: Cluster analysis• An explorative technique to

display country patterns based on typical combination of characteristics

• Input indicators: right side panel

• Analysis is performed on country level data (N = 18)

• Selected cluster solution: countries are grouped and characterized by the indicators that served as input variables for the method

Indicators of LM entry- Job search: spent more than 6

months with finding a first job- Qualification and job mismatch

(objective): First job title is ISCO 3-9 with diploma

- Qualification and job mismatch (subjective): Feels that first job does not require a diploma

- Qualification and job mismatch (subjective): Feels that first job fits to field of study

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Country characteristics for LM entry

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Time needed to LM entry

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LM entry by field of study

• In Hungary, those graduated in medicine find a job during the shortest time

• They are followed by graduates from informatics, economics and engineering

• Longer time needed to find a job for the graduates from life science, social science and teaching

BUT: institutional and individual factors are not independent: field of study and social origin are related

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LM entry, field of study, social origin

• Graduates from most fields of study find a job faster if they come from a parental family with high level of education, while low educated parents increase the time for job search

• Graduates from medicine or law benefit particularly from the favourable social origin, while graduates from life sciences need especially more time to find a job if they come from low educated family

• But graduates in social sciences enter the labour market slower if they have a good family background with high level of parental education

Favourable family background can support the graduate by helping to find a job faster or by allowing her/him to search for a good job longer time

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The role of family background in LM entry by field of study

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Thank you for your attention

Peter RobertSzechenyi University, Gyor ([email protected])TARKI Social Research Institute, Budapest

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