GRADUATES IN THE LABOUR MARKET: DOES SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND HAVE AN IMPACT? THE CASE OF HUNGARY

• Authors: Blasko Z. , Robert P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article looks at the status attainment process of young Hungarian graduates, devoting special attention to the impact of social origin, defined as the education and occupation of parents. The authors' estimates show that graduates from high status families enjoy notable advantages in the labour market, even when type of education, field of study, and a range of labour market experience factors are held constant. The greatest wage-premium for coming from a 'good' family is measured for men, occurring four-to-five years after graduation. Patterns of status inheritance are found to be genderdependent, with women being more influenced by their social background at earlier phases of their careers. The authors argue that the substantial growth in the number of graduates and the increasing variety of jobs they occupy contribute to a social-selection process, moving further up from the educational ladder to the labour market. The authors describe possible mechanisms driving the direct inheritance of social advantages, but further research is needed to explore them in detail.

Keywords

EN

GRADUATE LABOUR MARKET; GRADUATES; HIGHER EDUCATION; POST-SOCIALIST COUNTRY; SOCIAL MOBILITY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1149-1173
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Blasko Z.

author

Robert P.

• Z. Blasko, Demographic Research Institute Budapest, Buday Laszlo utca 1-3, 1024 Budapest, Hungary

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08CZAAAA03547212