An analysis of the employability of Spanish graduates through the Horizontal Match

Authors

Agustín Rodríguez-EstebanSalto de línea Javier VidalSalto de línea María-José VieiraSalto de línea Universidad de León

DOI

10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2019-384-411

Abstract

In addition to the studies that analyse the relationship between the level of training and the demands of the job (vertical match), in recent decades a new line of research has aroused that analyses the match between the field of study of the graduate and the demands of the job. This phenomenon is known as horizontal match. The objective of this research is to describe the main demographic, educational and labour variables that predict a better adjustment both in current and in the first employment of university graduates. Based on the data from the Survey of the Labour Insertion of University Graduates conducted by the National Statistics Institute in Spain, we have proposed a logistic regression model that allows us to describe the direct and indirect effects of demographic, educational and labour variables on horizontal match. Our results confirm a low influence of the educational and demographic variables on the adjustment in current employment. The adjustment in the initial employment improves the probabilities of adjustment in the work trajectory. In addition, the influence of educational variables is greater in the first job. These results point to the influence that certain personal decisions of the subject may have on this phenomenon

Keywords

Horizontal match, employability, graduates, labour market, professional competences