Labour market returns to graduates' international experience. Exploring cross-country variation in Europe.

Autor/inn/en	Jacob, Marita; Kühhirt, Michael; Rodrigues, Margarida
Titel	Labour market returns to graduates' international experience. Exploring cross-country variation in Europe. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Arbeitsmarkterträge der Auslandserfahrungen von Hochschulabsolventen. Untersuchung internationaler Unterschiede in Europa.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 35 (2019) 4, S. 491-505Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcz022
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Interkulturelle Kompetenz; Fremdsprachenkenntnisse; Lohnhöhe; Berufliche Stellung; Auslandsstudium; Internationaler Vergleich; Hochschulabsolvent; Belgien; Deutschland; Europa; Finnland; Frankreich; Großbritannien; Italien; Niederlande; Norwegen; Polen; Slowenien; Spanien; Tschechische Republik; Österreich
Abstract	"The potential benefits of increased international experience abound, ranging from enriching cultural understanding to an improvement of language skills and intercultural competence. At the same time, empirical evidence is mixed, particularly with regards to how well international experience translates into individual returns on the labour market. This article examines the association between studying abroad and early labour market outcomes in a comparative perspective aiming to shed light on why labour market returns differ across countries. We expect labour market returns to vary with specific country characteristics such as demand for international experience and competition among graduates at labour market entry. In our empirical analyses, we use data from 13 European countries that provide information on graduates' early labour market outcomes. We find a large variation in the impact of studying abroad on both wages and attaining a higher service class position. Generally, the labour market returns to international experience are larger in countries in Eastern and Southern Europe with poorer university quality, higher graduate unemployment, and fewer students abroad." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1