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ERIC Number: EJ892799
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0258-2236
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Job Search and Over-Education: Evidence from China's Labour Market for Postgraduates
Fengliang, Li; Yandong, Zhao; Yongpo, Tian
Perspectives in Education, v28 n2 p41-50 Jun 2010
This article investigates the relationship between the number of informational channels and over-education in the outcome of job search, using the survey data of postgraduates in China. The empirical results show: (1) the more the informational channels of job search are used, the lower the probability and the less the intensity of over-education will be; (2) graduates from prestigious "985" universities have lower probability and less intensity of over-education than those of their counterparts from "none-985" universities. Based on the findings above, we argue that helping graduates to get more job information and improving the quality of universities will lighten the problem of the over-education under the situation of great higher education expansion.
Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa. Fax: +27-51-401-7044; e-mail: pie@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://search.sabinet.co.za/pie
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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