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"Graduate Jobs" in OECD countries: Analysis Using A New Indicator Based on High Skills Use

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  • Golo Henseke

    (Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies)

  • Francis Green

    (Institute of Education, University College London)

Abstract

A recurring issue for education policy-makers is the labour market effect of the long-term global mass expansion of higher education, particularly on what is a “graduate job”. The traditional assumption is that graduate jobs are virtually coterminous with professional and managerial occupations. A new indicator of graduate jobs, termed ISCO(HE)2008, is derived using task-based data drawn from the The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). The new classification shows that several jobs in ISCO major group 3 “Technicians and Associate Professionals” are also classed as graduate jobs in many countries. Altogether, 27.6% of jobs are classified as graduate jobs in the 15 OECD country-regions for which we have data. Considerable variation in the proportion of graduate jobs is found across industries and countries and in the short period from 2011 to 2013, the proportion of graduate jobs has become more diverse across countries. Un problème récurrent qui se pose aux responsables des politiques éducatives concerne l’effet que peut avoir sur le marché du travail la massification de l’enseignement supérieur à l’échelle mondiale, en particulier sur les emplois nécessitant un diplôme supérieur. Il est communément admis que ces emplois sont quasiment synonymes de professions intellectuelles, scientifiques et d’encadrement. Un nouvel indicateur des emplois nécessitant un diplôme supérieur, désigné sous le code CITP(HE)2008, est déterminé à partir des données relatives aux tâches tirées de l’Évaluation des compétences des adultes, lancée dans le cadre du Programme de l’OCDE pour l'évaluation internationale des compétences des adultes (PIAAC). La nouvelle classification montre que plusieurs emplois relevant du grand groupe 3 de la CITP, « Professions intermédiaires », sont également classés parmi les emplois nécessitant un diplôme supérieur dans de nombreux pays. Dans l’ensemble, 27.6 % des emplois sont classés comme emplois nécessitant un diplôme supérieur dans les 15 pays/régions de l’OCDE pour lesquels des données sont disponibles. On observe des variations considérables dans la part de ces emplois selon les secteurs et les pays et, sur la courte période allant de 2011 à 2013, le pourcentage des emplois nécessitant un diplôme supérieur est devenu de plus en variable d’un pays à l’autre.

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  • Golo Henseke & Francis Green, 2016. ""Graduate Jobs" in OECD countries: Analysis Using A New Indicator Based on High Skills Use," OECD Education Working Papers 144, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:144-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlphd30vdr0-en
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