Graduates of Russian Universities in the Labor Market (Data from the Rosstat Survey)
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Cherednichenko G.A. 2020. Graduates of Russian Universities in the Labor Market (Data from the Rosstat Survey) — Sociologicheskaja nauka i social’naja praktika. Vol. 8. No. 3. P. 108-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/snsp.2020.8.3.7490
Abstract
The materials from a representative survey of Rosstat in 2016 of higher education graduates in 2010–2015 allowed to analyze the processes of their employment. Almost ½ worked during the education that provided advantages in employment. After graduation, 2/3 searched for work and found it relatively quickly, using most often social networks; 1/3 were not busy looking for work, of which ¼ had a provided job. Imbalances between the structure of supply and the structure of demand in the labor market led to the fact that about 1/3 of graduates got a job that did not related to their field of study; more likely ones from fields that generate more general human capital (social sciences, business, law) – on the contrary, for specific human capital (medicine, computer science). Besides, more than a 1/3 of graduates acquired occupational statuses that do not require higher education; the mismatches “job – field of study” significantly worsened this situation. HE graduates had higher employment and lower unemployment compared to SVE graduates; and the differences in average salaries between them were significantly smaller than for all employees with similar levels of education. The beginning of a career evens out the differences in average salaries of HE graduates who have received different statuses.
Keywords:
employment of higher education graduates, work in their specialty, average salary
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Received: 03.06.2019
Accepted: 26.09.2020
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Cherednichenko, G. A. (2020) ’Graduates of Russian Universities in the Labor Market (Data from the Rosstat Survey)’, Sociologicheskaja nauka i social’naja praktika, 8(3), pp. 108-124. doi: https://doi.org/10.19181/snsp.2020.8.3.7490.
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