대졸자 취업에 미치는 개인배경과 대학 특성의 영향

This study identifies and estimates the effects of individual background and school factors on employment outcomes of college and university graduates. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), this study analyzes data from the Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey (2008GOMS) conducted in 2008 by the Korean Employment and Information Service and University Information Data posted by colleges and universities. The results show that the background factors have significant influence on employment outcomes for college and university graduates. Specially, the two factors that lead to the universalization of Korean higher education - being a vocational high school graduate and changes in university registration policy, are shown to have negative effects on their employment outcomes. This finding suggests that while recent changes in Korea’s higher education policy can be applauded for increasing opportunity of higher education, they have a limit to causing mismatches between universities and a labor market. Moreover, it is evident that the lower class population is most prone to the negative impacts of universalization of higher education. Therefore, the society and higher education institutions need to collaborate and more aggressively approach the issue of high unemployment rates among college and university graduates.