What Can You Do with that Degree? College Major and Occupational Status of College Graduates over Time

Autor/inn/en	Roksa, Josipa; Levey, Tania
Titel	What Can You Do with that Degree? College Major and Occupational Status of College Graduates over Time
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 89 (2010) 2, S.389-415 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Credentials; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Labor Market; College Graduates; Education Work Relationship; Outcomes of Education; Occupational Aspiration; Academic Degrees; Career Development; Racial Differences; Marital Status; Parent Influence; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Age Differences; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Berufsentwicklung; Rassenunterschied; Familienstand; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	While income inequality among college graduates is well documented, inequality in occupational status remains largely unexplored. We examine whether and how occupational specificity of college majors is related to college graduates' transition into the labor market and their subsequent occupational trajectories. Analyses of NLSY79 indicate that occupationally specific degrees are beneficial at the point of entry into the labor market but have the lowest growth in occupational status over time. Students earning credentials focusing on general skills, in contrast, begin in jobs with low occupational status but subsequently report the greatest growth. These findings illuminate specific ways in which educational and occupational systems interact and provide a novel approach for understanding inequality in labor market outcomes among college graduates. (Contains 13 notes, 4 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10