The Scarring Effect of Graduate Underemployment: Evidence from the UK.

Autor/inn/en	Dickson, Matt; Donnelly, Michael; Kameshwara, Kalyan Kumar; Lazetic, Predrag
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	The Scarring Effect of Graduate Underemployment: Evidence from the UK. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die verheerenden Auswirkungen der Unterbeschäftigung von Hochschulabsolventen: Evidenz aus Großbritannien.
Quelle	Bonn (2024), 50 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 17364
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsexpansion; Soziale Herkunft; Einkommenseffekt; Unterbeschäftigung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsmarktrisiko; Unterwertige Beschäftigung; Überqualifikation; Akademiker; Dauer; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Hochschulabsolvent; Berufsanfänger; Großbritannien
Abstract	"The UK has one of the highest proportions of tertiary educated workers in Europe but also one of the highest rates of graduate underemployment. Little is known however about the extent to which there is a scarring effect of early graduate underemployment on future labor market outcomes. In this paper, we examine the effect of early underemployment using data on 67,000 graduates from undergraduate degrees in the UK in 2013. Labour market outcomes at six-months and 42-months post-graduation are linked to administrative records covering higher education, prior attainment, demographics and family background. We find that compared to being in a graduate job six-months post-graduation, early experience of underemployment increases the probability of being underemployed three years later by 0.24. Oster bounds analysis suggests that the causal effect of early underemployment on later underemployment is at least +0.18. This is a large effect relative to the base risk of underemployment at 42-months for those in a graduate job at six-months which is just 0.09. We highlight important implications of these findings, with arguments from both equity and efficiency for policies to help graduates to attain graduate level jobs." The study refers to the period 2013-2017 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/2