Research Article
Ethnic Disparities in the Graduate Labour Market
Table 1
Descriptive statistics in 2005.
| | Dutch | Mediter. | Caribbean | Western |
| Daily wage | 122.56 | 119.97 | 122.96 | 121.31 | Women | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.52 | Age | 28.17 | 29.13 | 28.93 | 28.56 | Second generation | | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.87 | Immigrated between 08/1995–1996 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.05 | Immigrated between 08/1993−1995 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.06 | Years of education-HBO | 5.42 | 5.91 | 6.15 | 5.72 | Years of education-WO | 6.77 | 7.10 | 7.22 | 7.00 | Started at WO level | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.33 | Switched from HBO to WO-graduated | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | Switched from HBO to WO-not graduated | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | Years experience during study-HBO | 1.48 | 1.78 | 1.93 | 1.60 | Years experience during study-WO | 2.75 | 3.35 | 3.29 | 2.72 | Years experience during interruption# | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | Graduated at HBO level | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.43 | Graduated at WO level | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.23 | Years since HBO graduation | 4.83 | 4.40 | 4.32 | 4.52 | Years since WO graduation | 3.04 | 2.70 | 2.48 | 2.80 | Years since HBO dropout | 5.73 | 5.22 | 4.93 | 5.67 | Years since WO dropout | 3.43 | 2.21 | 2.50 | 3.47 | Educational studies | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.11 | Humanities | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.11 | Economics and law | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.28 | Natural sciences | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.19 | Health | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.16 | Social Services | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | Cohabiting | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.53 |
| N | 65418 | 1660 | 2431 | 5902 |
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# Years of experience during interruption measures the experience of those who interrupted their study for a while but eventually graduated.
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