Open AccessFactors Affecting Job Opportunities for University Graduates in China---the Evidence from University Graduates in Beijing
Author(s) -
Jun Kong,
Fan Jiang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
research in world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-399X
pISSN - 1923-3981
DOI - 10.5430/rwe.v2n1p24
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , beijing , china , unemployment , spell , duration (music) , reputation , demographic economics , liberal arts education , higher education , medical education , political science , labour economics , business , sociology , economic growth , economics , engineering , medicine , law , mechanical engineering , art , literature , anthropology
The problem of unemployed university graduates has become serious in China since the expansion of the higher education system in 1999, leading to an unemployment spell. Of China’s 5.6 million university graduates in 2008, 1.7 million are reported to have been unable to find jobs. In this paper, the factors that determine whether a graduate finds a job in China have been studied. A duration model for this study indicates that the graduates find jobs faster if they come from colleges with higher reputation. In addition, study shows graduates with engineering and business degrees find jobs more easily, next is major of arts and social science. The graduates with law and science degrees find jobs more difficult. Other majors have no significant effects on job finding. Finally, female graduates find jobs more easily than male graduates particularly before the final graduation date and 1-2 months after graduation