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The influence of graduate qualifications on average wages and productivity across the UK

This report examines the relationships between the proportion of graduates in the employed labour force and the levels of wages and productivity. The importance of this relationship is that good evidence exists for a strong relationship across UK regions and local areas. This relationship can be summarised as: (1) a high percentage of the employed labour force with graduate qualifications is associated with high wages and productivity; and (2) this relationship only exists for graduates working in the private sector, there is no relationship in the public sector.

This report examines the relationships between the proportion of graduates in the employed labour force and the levels of ...  Show Full Abstract  

Corporate authors: Northern Ireland. Department for Employment and Learning (DEL)
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Europe; Northern Ireland; Great Britain
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Qualifications; Outcomes; Income;
Industry; Students; Performance; Employment show more

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