Student graduation, labour market destinations and employment earnings

SOURCE: Student retention & graduate destination: higher education & labour market access & success
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
TITLE AUTHOR(S): H.Bhorat, N.Mayet, M.Visser
SOURCE AUTHOR(S): M.Letseka, M.Cosser, M.Breier, M.Visser
KEYWORDS: EMPLOYMENT, GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, GRADUATES, LABOUR MARKET
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6226
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4381
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4381

If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.

Abstract

This chapter begins with an empirical overview of the data and a descriptive analysis of selected variables of interest. A more quantitative approach follows in which the three observable outcomes in the dataset - graduation, employment and earnings - are modelled.