Essays in Education and Labor Economics

DZHW Graduate Panel 1993 

Survey Period: Jan 1, 1994 - Dec 31, 1998 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Graduate Panel 1993 is part of the DZHW Graduate Survey Series, which compiles information on study, career entry, career development and further qualifications of higher education graduates using standardised surveys. The first Graduate Panel was... more created in 1989. Since then, every fourth graduate year (cohort) has been surveyed. For each graduate cohort, a series of survey waves are carried out, with each wave occurring at differing time intervals following the completion of degree. The DZHW Graduate Panel 1993 comprises the second graduate cohort of the survey series. The surveys conducted as part of the 1993 graduate panel were intended to provide universities and science administrations with empirically based data to help guide decisions about study or university reforms. In addition, in view of the changes in the employment system and the sometimes crisis-ridden career start phases for many graduates of this year, the changes in structures and conditions of career entry and professional integration and disintegration were also examined. less

DZHW Graduate Panel 2005 

Survey Period: Jan 1, 2006 - Jun 7, 2016 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Graduate Panel 2005 is part of the DZHW Graduate Survey Series, which compiles information on study, career entry, career development and further qualifications of higher education graduates using standardised surveys. The first Graduate Panel was... more created in 1989. Since then, every fourth graduate year (cohort) has been surveyed. For each graduate cohort, a series of survey waves are carried out, with each wave occurring at differing time intervals following the completion of degree. The DZHW Graduate Panel 2005 comprises the fifth graduate cohort of the survey series. In contrast to preceding graduate cohorts, the study phase of the 2005 cohort is defined by the transformation of higher education through the Bologna Process. With respect to this academic structural reform, a significant number of Bachelor graduates were surveyed for the first time in addition to graduates of traditional courses of study. Only graduates of subjects with a large number of graduates were considered. In addition to the changing academic environment, the graduate cohort 2005 also faced different labour market conditions than previous cohorts, whereby the beginning of the economic and financial crisis in 2008 marks their career entry. less

DZHW Graduate Panel 2001 

Survey Period: Aug 1, 2002 - May 31, 2007 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Graduate Panel 2001 (initially HIS Graduate Panel 2001) is part of the DZHW Graduate Survey Series, which compiles information on study, career entry, career development and further qualifications of higher education graduates using standardised s... moreurveys. For each graduate cohort, a series of survey waves are carried out, with each wave occurring at differing time intervals following the completion of degree. less

DZHW Graduate Panel 1997 

Survey Period: Mar 1, 1998 - Jul 28, 2003 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Graduate Panel 1997 (initially HIS Graduate Panel) is part of the DZHW Graduate Survey Series, which compiles information on study, career entry, career development and further qualifications of higher education graduates using standardised survey... mores. For each graduate cohort, a series of survey waves are carried out, with each wave occurring at differing time intervals following the completion of degree. less