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    Schooling effects and earnings of French University graduates: school quality matters, but choice of discipline matters more

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    Our aim in this article is to study the relation between earnings of French universities graduates and some characteristics of their universities. We exploit data from the Céreq's "Génération 98" survey, enriched with information on university characteristics primarily from the ANETES (yearbook of French institutions of higher education). We employ multilevel modeling, enabling us to take advantage of the natural hierarchy in our separate datasets, and thus to identify, and even to measure potential effects of institutional quality. Since we take into account many individual students characteristics, we are able to obtain an income hierarchy among the different disciplines : students who graduated in science, economics or management obtain the highest earnings. Below them, we and students who graduated in law, political science, communication or language and literature, while the ones who graduated in social studies earn the lowest incomes. On the institutional level, we need two significant quality effects : the rest is from the socioeconomic composition of the university's student population, and the second effect is from the university's network in the job market. These last two results remain stable when we examine subsamples of universities according to their dominant teaching fields, except for universities that are particularly concentrated in science.Demand for schooling, educational economics, human capital, salaries wage differentials, school choice

    Does vocational training help transition from university to work ?: The 'new French Vocational Bachelor degree'

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    International audienceThis article analyses whether graduates in university vocational courses benefited from better labour market outcomes in France than those in academic courses. We focus on bachelor degrees in France, comparing 'general' or 'academic' degrees with 'vocational' degrees. The vocational bachelor degree was created in 1999 in the continuity of the education policy of expanding the number of vocational courses in French universities and in the framework of the Bologna Process. It aimed to lead to a new qualification at the intermediate level between the qualified technicians' diplomas and the engineering or senior management diplomas. We use a French survey on higher education leavers in 2001 who were interviewed in 2004. In order to take into account the selection in the vocational track, we applied statistical methods which allow us to compare graduates with similar characteristics. Our results show that education mismatch is less great for vocational bachelor graduates, which is coherent with the idea that the vocational track better responds to employers' needs. In addition, we find empirical evidence that vocational bachelors tend to be associated with higher pay even after accounting for the heterogeneity of students. Our last findings suggest that the university-employer link specifically developed for the vocational bachelor course influences the way vocational graduates find their job: they are significantly more likely to use university-based contacts to obtain their first job

    Trajectories from public sector of research to private sector : an analysis using french data on young PhD graduates

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    The organisation of research is a powerful factor structuring the labour market for recent doctorate recipients. The queue for permanent research positions in the academic sector has created a specific labour market for young doctorates, characterised by a proliferation of postdoctoralprogrammes and fixed-term contracts. In that specific context, our paper deals with the way the young PhD graduates enter the labour market, the way they get a job as researcher in the private or public sector and how much the return of the job mobility from the public academic sector to the private sector is. Using a longitudinal survey provided by the Cereq, our results suggest that even if nearly the half of the cohort has a direct access to jobs in the research sector (private or public), 20% remain in trajectories dominated by under-qualifiedjobs or recurrent unemployment. Our empirical investigation show a negative or non significant returns of the job mobility from the public academic sector to the private sector.Marché du travail; Insertion professionnelle; Post Doctorant; Jeune; Mobilité professionnelle; France

    Peut on classer les universités en fonction de leur performance d'insertion ?

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    Les Document de Travail de l'IREDU, DT 2011/2, 29 p.Afin de mesurer la qualitĂ© de l'insertion de leurs diplĂŽmĂ©s, la trĂšs grande majoritĂ© des universitĂ©s a dĂ©veloppĂ© un systĂšme d'observation rĂ©gulier de l'insertion de leurs Ă©tudiants. Plus rĂ©cemment, sous l'impulsion du MESR, une enquĂȘte commune Ă  plus de 70 Ă©tablissements a Ă©tĂ© rĂ©alisĂ©e sur les diplĂŽmĂ©s de master. Si l'objectif Ă©tait de proposer aux Ă©tudiants une information nĂ©cessaire sur leurs dĂ©bouchĂ©s professionnels, est apparue rapidement la tentation de classer les universitĂ©s en fonction de leur "performance" d'insertion. Le travail proposĂ© dans cet article se veut une contribution Ă  la rĂ©flexion sur la pertinence d'une telle mesure Ă  partir des enquĂȘtes existantes. Dans une premiĂšre partie, nous nous proposons de revenir sur le classement des universitĂ©s prĂ©sentĂ© dans les premiers rĂ©sultats publiĂ©s par le MinistĂšre Ă  partir de l'enquĂȘte Master 2007. Nous montrons que le poids des effets de structure et des effets rĂ©gionaux du marchĂ© du travail influencent largement ce classement. Dans une seconde partie, nous nous proposons de discuter de la mesure des effets Ă©tablissements sur l'insertion professionnelle Ă  partir de la littĂ©rature existante notamment en Ă©conomie de l'Ă©ducation. Comme on pourra le voir, il apparaĂźt souvent difficile de mettre en Ă©vidence des effets nets liĂ©s aux Ă©tablissements, notamment lorsque l'on tient compte des caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des Ă©tudiants au sein de ces Ă©tablissements. Enfin, dans une troisiĂšme partie, Ă  partir des donnĂ©es de l'enquĂȘte GĂ©nĂ©ration 2004 du CĂ©req sur les sortants des universitĂ©s, mais Ă©galement des Ă©coles d'ingĂ©nieurs, nous proposons de mesurer l'effet spĂ©cifique des Ă©tablissements sur les salaires des diplĂŽmĂ©s, en contrĂŽlant les caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des Ă©tudiants et celles de leur marchĂ© local du travail. Pour les diffĂ©rents types d'Ă©tablissement d'enseignement supĂ©rieur, nous montrons que l'effet "Ă©tablissement" est en gĂ©nĂ©ral faible ou inexistant : la plus grande partie de la variance des salaires, quelle que soit la formation, est expliquĂ©e par des caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des diplĂŽmĂ©s et par la conjoncture sur le marchĂ© local du travail oĂč la majoritĂ© d'entre eux s'insĂšre. De plus, lorsqu'ils existent, une partie des effets Ă©tablissements pour les universitĂ©s s'explique par la part des boursiers sur critĂšres sociaux dans l'Ă©tablissement, qui a toujours un effet significatif et nĂ©gatif sur la rĂ©munĂ©ration des diplĂŽmĂ©s

    Schooling effects and earnings of French University graduates: school quality matters, but choice of discipline matters more

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    Our aim in this article is to study the relation between earnings of French universities graduates and some characteristics of their universities. We exploit data from the Céreq's "Génération 98" survey, enriched with information on university characteristics primarily from the ANETES (yearbook of French institutions of higher education). We employ multilevel modeling, enabling us to take advantage of the natural hierarchy in our separate datasets, and thus to identify, and even to measure potential effects of institutional quality. Since we take into account many individual students characteristics, we are able to obtain an income hierarchy among the different disciplines : students who graduated in science, economics or management obtain the highest earnings. Below them, we and students who graduated in law, political science, communication or language and literature, while the ones who graduated in social studies earn the lowest incomes. On the institutional level, we need two significant quality effects : the rest is from the socioeconomic composition of the university's student population, and the second effect is from the university's network in the job market. These last two results remain stable when we examine subsamples of universities according to their dominant teaching fields, except for universities that are particularly concentrated in science

    Mismatch of vocational graduates : what penalty on French labour market

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    International audienceThis study explores individual effects of educational mismatch on wages, job satisfaction and on-the-job-search on French labour market. We distinguish between horizontal matches (job matches with field of studies) and vertical matches (job matches the level of qualification) on the one hand and skills matches (worker's assessment) on the other hand. We use data from the French survey "Generation 98," conducted among a sample of 22780 young vocational graduates asked about their employment situation 3 years after leaving school. We show that whatever the criterion chosen, there is a minority of matched situations. We find that situations of vertical mismatch and skill mismatch have strong negative effects on wages, while situations of horizontal mismatch have not. However, horizontal mismatch increases both job dissatisfaction and the desire to find another job, even if their job is qualified, permanent and reasonably well paid. Implications for the evaluation of vocational training programs ar

    Do Jobs Worked When Studying Have Any Professional Value?

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    Nearly 80% of all students who left higher education in 1998 worked in paid employment, not counting traineeships, during their studies. For 15% of these young people, this was a regular job worked at least eight hours per week during the school year. Such employment covers a wide range of jobs: many are secondary jobs, often unskilled and part time, finishing at the end of their studies. However, others are more skilled and may continue over the three years following the exit from the education system. Some 11% of these young people could even be called pre-integrated into employment: they have attained a stable professional position in keeping with their education before the end of their studies. Although one-third of young people feel that such work disrupted their studies, the majority consider that it gave them skills, networks of professional contacts or quite simply experience worth putting on their CV.Students Labor Force Participation, Work-Experience, Post-School Wages, Academic Achievement

    Dans les premiÚres années de vie active

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    Cet article étudie le rÎle du diplÎme dans les premiÚres années de vie active des jeunes. Se référant à l'économie du travail et de l'éducation, la premiÚre partie aborde la question des relations entre diplÎme, filiÚre de formation et insertion professionnelle des jeunes. La seconde partie présente ensuite les principaux résultats des travaux sur l'insertion professionnelle des diplÎmés en France, à partir d'une revue de la littérature et d'estimations économétriques sur l'insertion des diplÎmés de l'enseignement supérieur. Les résultats montrent que l'influence du diplÎme et de la filiÚre de formation sur le parcours d'insertion est souvent trÚs complexe bien que les plus diplÎmés accÚdent en général à des emplois plus stables et plus qualifiés.The aim of the study was to investigate whether different educational qualifications are likely to lead to diffÚrent transition patterns. The first part of the article develops several theoretical hypotheses regarding the specific way in which the educational qualifications of school leavers influence their school w work transition. The second part reviews some empirical evidence of differences in transition related to qualifications in France. Using longitudinal data from the C.E.R.E.Q., we focused on the transition of school leavers of higher education in 1994. Results provide evidence that qualifications have complex effects on the transition process and affect the employment probability only for permanent and qualified jobs

    Rose, J. Mission Insertion : un défi pour les universités.

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    Professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de sociologie, ancien directeur scientifique du CĂ©req, JosĂ© Rose propose dans cet ouvrage une rĂ©flexion sur cette nouvelle mission attribuĂ©e Ă  l’universitĂ© qui est l’insertion professionnelle. S’il connaĂźt bien le sujet par les nombreuses fonctions qu’il a occupĂ©es au sein de l’universitĂ©, il pose Ă©galement un regard de chercheur Ă  la fois rigoureux et passionnĂ© sur les questions d’insertion, d’orientation ou de professionnalisation. Il rappelle ainsi dĂšs l’introduction tou..

    Peut on classer les universités en fonction de leur performance d'insertion ?

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    Afin de mesurer la qualitĂ© de l'insertion de leurs diplĂŽmĂ©s, la trĂšs grande majoritĂ© des universitĂ©s a dĂ©veloppĂ© un systĂšme d'observation rĂ©gulier de l'insertion de leurs Ă©tudiants. Plus rĂ©cemment, sous l'impulsion du MESR, une enquĂȘte commune Ă  plus de 70 Ă©tablissements a Ă©tĂ© rĂ©alisĂ©e sur les diplĂŽmĂ©s de master. Si l'objectif Ă©tait de proposer aux Ă©tudiants une information nĂ©cessaire sur leurs dĂ©bouchĂ©s professionnels, est apparue rapidement la tentation de classer les universitĂ©s en fonction de leur "performance" d'insertion. Le travail proposĂ© dans cet article se veut une contribution Ă  la rĂ©flexion sur la pertinence d'une telle mesure Ă  partir des enquĂȘtes existantes. Dans une premiĂšre partie, nous nous proposons de revenir sur le classement des universitĂ©s prĂ©sentĂ© dans les premiers rĂ©sultats publiĂ©s par le MinistĂšre Ă  partir de l'enquĂȘte Master 2007. Nous montrons que le poids des effets de structure et des effets rĂ©gionaux du marchĂ© du travail influencent largement ce classement. Dans une seconde partie, nous nous proposons de discuter de la mesure des effets Ă©tablissements sur l'insertion professionnelle Ă  partir de la littĂ©rature existante notamment en Ă©conomie de l'Ă©ducation. Comme on pourra le voir, il apparaĂźt souvent difficile de mettre en Ă©vidence des effets nets liĂ©s aux Ă©tablissements, notamment lorsque l'on tient compte des caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des Ă©tudiants au sein de ces Ă©tablissements. Enfin, dans une troisiĂšme partie, Ă  partir des donnĂ©es de l'enquĂȘte GĂ©nĂ©ration 2004 du CĂ©req sur les sortants des universitĂ©s, mais Ă©galement des Ă©coles d'ingĂ©nieurs, nous proposons de mesurer l'effet spĂ©cifique des Ă©tablissements sur les salaires des diplĂŽmĂ©s, en contrĂŽlant les caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des Ă©tudiants et celles de leur marchĂ© local du travail. Pour les diffĂ©rents types d'Ă©tablissement d'enseignement supĂ©rieur, nous montrons que l'effet "Ă©tablissement" est en gĂ©nĂ©ral faible ou inexistant : la plus grande partie de la variance des salaires, quelle que soit la formation, est expliquĂ©e par des caractĂ©ristiques individuelles des diplĂŽmĂ©s et par la conjoncture sur le marchĂ© local du travail oĂč la majoritĂ© d'entre eux s'insĂšre. De plus, lorsqu'ils existent, une partie des effets Ă©tablissements pour les universitĂ©s s'explique par la part des boursiers sur critĂšres sociaux dans l'Ă©tablissement, qui a toujours un effet significatif et nĂ©gatif sur la rĂ©munĂ©ration des diplĂŽmĂ©s.CritĂšre d'Ă©valuation ; Evaluation des performances ; UniversitĂ© ; Insertion professionnelle ; Étudiant ; Effet Ă©tablissement ; Classement ; Établissement d'enseignement supĂ©rieur ; Rendement de l'enseignement ; Évaluation des performances ; Enseignement supĂ©rieur
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