Will Finding Employment be Easier for Higher Education Graduates?

Evidence from Job Mismatch in Indonesia

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220128.031How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Employment; Job Mismatch; High Education

Abstract

This paper is aimed to investigate whether higher education graduates are easy to get a job, and also whether their job is in accordance with their level of education or not. The expansion of higher education inline with the number of labor force making this research highly relevant for Indonesia. We use individual-level data from Survei Angkatan Kerja Nasional (Sakernas 2020) and constructing two logistic regression models: 1) probability of getting a job or not getting a job and 2) probability of working in match or mismatch qualification. This study finds that higher education graduates in Indonesia are easier to find a job, with a working probability of 94.46%, but among those employed, we find 62.64% probability of job mismatch. It implies that higher education increases the possibility of working, but does not determine that job is always in accordance with the qualifications of the worker’s educational level. The existence of a job-mismatch indicates a lack of compatibility of supply and demand for educational qualifications in the labor market.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Axellina Muara Setyanti
AU  - Khusnul Ashar
AU  - Dwi Budi Santoso
AU  - Nurul Badriyah
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - Will Finding Employment be Easier for Higher Education Graduates?
BT  - Proceedings of the Brawijaya International Conference on Economics, Business and Finance 2021 (BICEBF 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 235
EP  - 243
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220128.031
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220128.031
ID  - Setyanti2022
ER  -