Jun Kong
School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, No.1 Xuefu Avenue, Guodu Educational and Industrial Zone, Chang�an, Xi�an, 710127, China
Fan Jiang
Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, U.S.A
ABSTRACT
The way by which college reputation, major and gender affect job search prospects of Beijing graduates, along with their starting wages was studied in this study. A duration model and a Heckman selection model were used and yielded several important findings. First, graduates find jobs faster if they come from reputed colleges. The study shows that engineering and business graduates find jobs more easily, whereas law and science graduates have more difficulty finding jobs. Moreover, female graduates find jobs more easily than male graduates, particularly before the date of graduation and 1 to 2 months after graduation. Second, because university graduates have better reputation, they receive a higher initial wage than other types of college graduates, with graduates of liberal arts and social science receiving higher wages than others graduates. In addition, female graduates earn less than male graduates.
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Received: June 02, 2013;
Accepted: October 09, 2013;
Published: November 13, 2013
How to cite this article
Jun Kong and Fan Jiang, 2013. College Reputation, Major and Gender in Job Search: Employment and Wages of Graduates in China. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4994-5002.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4994.5002
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4994.5002
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4994.5002
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4994.5002
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