The college-to-work transition during the 1990s: evidence from Sweden.

Marie Gartell (1)

1 Institute for Futures Studies

This paper analyses the time it takes for Swedish college graduates to start a full time job that lasts for six months or more. The focus is on the transition over time during the period 1991 to 1999. This period covers both upturns and downturns of the business cycle, providing a unique opportunity to consider the importance of the timing of graduation. The results show that the risk of unemployment and the unemployment duration have varied considerably with the business cycle, both within and between cohorts. For example, field of education is of more importance for the outcomes during recessions. Further, the relative risk of unemployment has decreased over time for individuals with the highest degree of education whereas the unemployment duration has increased, indicating that the selection into unemployment for this group may have changed over time. This is interesting, not least in the light of the sharp expansion of the higher educational system during the studied period.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Économie et finance quantitative [q-fin]

Marie Gartell. The college-to-work transition during the 1990s: evidence from Sweden.. Applied Economics, 2011, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2010.543078⟩. ⟨hal-00676228⟩