Higher Education: is more better? Gender Differences in Labour Market Returns to Tertiary Education in Israel

Authors: KATZ-GERRO T.; YAISH M.

Source: Oxford Review of Education, Volume 29, Number 4, December 2003 , pp. 571-592(22)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Research on the transition from post-secondary education to the labour market refers mainly to differences between academic and vocational tracks in secondary education. In this paper we analyse Israeli data focusing on the transition from different levels of post secondary degrees and from various fields of study to the labour market. We examine three labour market outcomes: employment status, occupational prestige attainment, and job match. Data are drawn from a supplement to the 1983 Israeli Census, which includes a random sample of Israel's tertiary education degree holders (vocational and academic). Our central finding is that men who work in female-dominated occupations get better returns than women, and women who work in male-dominated occupations get better returns than men. We discuss several explanations of this finding.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305498032000153089

Publication date: 2003-12-01

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