Table 13 Variable definitions

Lwage:

Gross monthly earnings in main employment logged.

Overednow:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if overeducated in current job andzero otherwise

Overedjob1:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if overeducated in first job and zero otherwise

Overskillnow:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if overskilled in current job and zero otherwise

Overskilljob1:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if overskilled in first job and zero otherwise

Male:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if Male and zero otherwise

Labour exp

Number of months employed since graduation

Age:

Age in years

Years HE:

Years spent in Higher Education

Humanities:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if main field of study was Humanities and zero otherwise

Social:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if main field of study was Social Science and zero otherwise

Science:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if main field of study was Science and zero otherwise

Engineering:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if main field of study was Engineering and zero otherwise

Supervisor:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if supervised staff members and zero otherwise

Fieldmatchnow:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if current job matched exclusively to field of study and zero otherwise

Fieldrelatednow:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if current job matched on own or a related field of study and zero otherwise

Course employer:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employers were familiar with course and zero otherwise

Course prestige:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if course was academically prestigious and zero otherwise

Vocational course:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if course was vocationally and zero otherwise

Hours:

Regular contract hours per week

R&Dfirm:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a research intensive firm and zero otherwise

Size 50–99:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a firm with 50 to 99 workers and zero otherwise

Size 100–249:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a firm with 100 to 249 workers and zero otherwise

Size 250–999:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a firm with 250 to 999 workers and zero otherwise

Size 1000+:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a firm with over 1000 workers and zero otherwise

Public sector:

Dummy variable takes value 1 if employed in a public sector organisation and zero otherwise

N of employers:

Number of employers since graduation