Graduate labour market outcomes and satisfaction with university education in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to analyze the association between the job placement results of graduates and the satisfaction that, retrospectively, they express about their university education. Despite the fact that, in Spain, 47.0% of the population aged 25 to 34 has a higher education degree, we have little knowledge of the determinants of university student satisfaction. In addition, most studies have focused on evaluating the university experience (teaching activity, study plans, counselling for students, or facilities) and very few of them have taken into account the influence of graduates' labour market outcomes on their satisfaction. This issue is of particular interest in the Spanish case, considering the dysfunctional nature of the youth labor market, which has high rates of ove

SUBMITTER: Iriondo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258889 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature