A Structural Model of the Employment Pathways of the University of Foggia Graduates

  • Corrado Crocetta
  • Francesco d’Ovidio
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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the strategies used by graduates of the University of Foggia to enter the labour market. Using both quantitative and qualitative variables, quantified by means of optimal scaling, a structural equation model has been created to analyse the relations between latent variables tied to university education, and graduates’ expectations and methods of job searching. Furthermore, we study if the correlation structure between these latent variables is constant observing separately female and male graduates.

Keywords

Graduates Labour market University of Foggia Factor analysis Structural equation models Optimal Scaling CATPCA LISREL 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Corrado Crocetta
    • 1
  • Francesco d’Ovidio
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Economic, Mathematic and Statistic SciencesUniversity of FoggiaItaly
  2. 2.Department of Statistic SciencesUniversity of BariItaly

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