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Piróg, Danuta – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
The objective of this article was to highlight plans versus actual actions of university graduates in Poland aimed at finding employment. The paper also empirically verifies the impact of chosen job-seeking strategies on the success or failure of their transition to employment. The study was Polish-wide and included graduates of geography. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Job Search Methods, Education Work Relationship
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Carroll, David; Tani, Massimiliano – Education Economics, 2015
We analyse the relationship between job search and over-education for recent Australian bachelor degree graduates using data from the 2011 Beyond Graduation Survey. Results from panel estimation suggest that jobs found through university careers offices are associated with lower probability of over-education relative to jobs found through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Search Methods, Educational Attainment, Evidence
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Barron, John M.; Gilley, Otis W. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1979
Differences in the value of unemployment insurance benefits alter the extent of job search activities by current recipients, according to this study, but differences in expected value of future unemployment benefits do not appear to affect the search process of those not currently eligible for payments. (MF)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment Services, Income
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Haupert, Michael J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Describes a class experiment where students search a hypothetical job market for jobs paying wages in a known range but with an unknown wage distribution. The experiment is divided into three "trials", each one introducing different variables (unemployment insurance, search costs, and recession). Includes experiment instructions and a…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Competitive Selection, Costs, Economics Education