Open AccessGraduates of Russian Universities in the Labor Market (Data from the Rosstat Survey)
Author(s) -
Галина Чередниченко
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sociologičeskaâ nauka i socialʹnaâ praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-6891
pISSN - 2308-6416
DOI - 10.19181/snsp.2020.8.3.7490
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , human capital , unemployment , labour economics , demographic economics , work (physics) , economics , business , economic growth , engineering , mechanical engineering
The materials from a representative survey of Rosstat in 2016 of higher education graduates in 2010–2015 allowed to analyze the processes of their employment. Almost ½ worked during the education that provided advantages in employment. After graduation, 2/3 searched for work and found it relatively quickly, using most often social networks; 1/3 were not busy looking for work, of which ¼ had a provided job. Imbalances between the structure of supply and the structure of demand in the labor market led to the fact that about 1/3 of graduates got a job that did not related to their field of study; more likely ones from fields that generate more general human capital (social sciences, business, law) – on the contrary, for specific human capital (medicine, computer science). Besides, more than a 1/3 of graduates acquired occupational statuses that do not require higher education; the mismatches “job – field of study” significantly worsened this situation. HE graduates had higher employment and lower unemployment compared to SVE graduates; and the differences in average salaries between them were significantly smaller than for all employees with similar levels of education. The beginning of a career evens out the differences in average salaries of HE graduates who have received different statuses.