The Distribution of Job Satisfaction Among Young European Graduates: Does the Choice of Study Field Matter?

Abstract

What are the elements determining the choice of a given field of study? 2. Whether and how does field of study influence the distribution of job satisfaction among HEGs after controlling for individual heterogeneity?We used data from CHEERS (Careers after Higher Education-A European Research Survey), a major representative survey comparing the situation of young European graduates from higher education institutions (Schomburg & Teichler, 2006).The CHEERS data set contains information about some 36,000 HEGs, who were interviewed 4 years after graduation.This article is organized as follows.The next section provides summaries of literature both on the elements influencing the choice of degree field and on the determinants of job satisfaction.The third section is the empirical section.First, it establishes a choice of field criterion in

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