The Impact of Student Academic Achievement on Graduate Salaries: The Case of a Leading Russian University

Autor/inn/en	Rudakov, Victor; Roshchin, Sergey
Titel	The Impact of Student Academic Achievement on Graduate Salaries: The Case of a Leading Russian University
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 32 (2019) 2, S.156-180 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rudakov, Victor) ORCID (Roshchin, Sergey)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2019.1617839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Salaries; Grade Point Average; College Graduates; Labor Market; Correlation; Bachelors Degrees; Masters Degrees; Outcomes of Education; Occupations; Employment Experience; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulleistung; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Korrelation; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Russland
Abstract	This paper analyses the impact of academic achievement on future salaries by looking into the grade point average (GPA)-earnings relationship for graduates of a leading Russian university. The study is based on pooled cross-sectional graduate survey data for 2014-2015. The issue of how student academic achievement impacts future labour market rewards is analysed through academic, demographic and labour market factors. We found that there is a significant positive impact of GPA on salaries of BA graduates (9-12% wage premium for an additional GPA point) and an insignificant or negative impact for MA programmes graduates. The study depicts that this negative effect can be partially explained by employment sector-specific variables. Among the main factors which positively affect earnings of graduates is work experience. Graduates who combined study and work achieve a 30% wage premium. However, there is no evidence that combining study and work affects student academic achievement, even for those who combined studies with full-time job. Despite the higher GPA of female students, male graduates' earnings are 18% higher. Gender wage differences can be explained by gender distribution by the sector of employment: the over-representation of women in the low-paid education and science sectors and their under-representation in entrepreneurship and corporate sector. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01