Relevance of Education to Occupation: A New Empirical Approach Based on College Courses

Autor/inn/en	Almasi, Pooya; Hadavand, Aboozar; Thomas, Sarah; Gharehgozli, Orkideh
Titel	Relevance of Education to Occupation: A New Empirical Approach Based on College Courses
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 28 (2020) 4, S.370-383 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hadavand, Aboozar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2020.1749233
Schlagwörter	Relevance (Education); Education Work Relationship; College Curriculum; Outcomes of Education; Occupations; Correlation; Income; Longitudinal Studies; National Surveys; Majors (Students); Course Selection (Students); Job Skills; College Graduates; Bachelors Degrees; Career Choice; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Relevance; Relevanz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Korrelation; Einkommen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Produktive Fertigkeit; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang
Abstract	We introduce a new approach to measuring the match between education and occupation by using the number of college courses related to one's occupation. Previous studies have only considered the match between college 'major' and occupation. That approach ignores the content of education and the courses taken in college. We find that taking courses in college that are relevant to one's occupation is significantly associated with higher wages, which can be taken as evidence against the notion that returns to college are principally a matter of signaling. A student's wage increases, on average, by 1.5-2.1% for each matched course. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01