“There must be a stream of new scientific knowledge to turn the wheels of private and public
enterprise. There must be plenty of men and women trained in science and technology for …

Krabel S. and Flöther C. Here today, gone tomorrow? Regional labour mobility of German
university graduates, Regional Studies. This paper traces university graduates' mobility …

Although studies of student employment ('earning while learning') mostly find positive wage
effects, they do not adequately consider the relation of the employment to the field of study …

This paper uses a distinctive feature of the Irish education system to examine the impact of
single-sex education on the gender difference in mathematical achievement at the top of the …

Does the peer effect vary with the field of study? Using data from a middle‐sized public
university located in southern Italy and exploiting the random assignment of first‐year …

In a period of expanding higher education, the field of study becomes a key determinant of
university graduates' labour market success. In this paper, by means of multivariate analyses …

Using university administrative and survey data drawn from the AlmaLaurea Consortium, we
analyze the effect of time to degree on the early labor market performance of Italian …

Using data on German university graduates, this paper analyzes wage differentials by field
of study at labor market entry and five to six years later. At both points of time, graduates from …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the third part of this
book. The third part of the book provides insight in the transition process by presenting an …

Does the choice of field of study depend on individual risk aversion? The direction of the
relationship between individual risk attitudes and type of university degree chosen is …