Labour market outcomes of higher education undertaken abroad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4755144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jannecke Wiers‐jenssen (0000-0002-3809-1265, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, corresponding author), Sverre Try (Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 681-705 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075070500340028 |
| OpenAlex | W1994678139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 28 |
The aim of this article is to analyse the transferability of higher education undertaken abroad to a domestic labour market. More specifically, how do Norwegians who have undertaken their education abroad cope on the labour market compared to those who have a corresponding education from Norway? To examine this, we analyse short‐term labour market careers among graduates. Three measures of labour market outcome are investigated: job probability, skill mismatch and wages. Results show that education undertaken abroad has both positive and negative effects on labour market outcome. Graduates with a foreign degree have a lower job probability and a higher risk of over‐education relative to home graduates. But among the employed, ‘abroad’ graduates have higher wages. The latter is explained partly by more abroad graduates than home graduates being employed in the private sector. Highest job probabilities are found among those who have parts of their education from abroad. The main results are significant and robust across models, but the quantitative differences in labour market outcomes between abroad and home graduates are relatively small
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Human capital · Labour economics · Norwegian · Study abroad · Transferability · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |