Educational expansion in the Netherlands: better chances for all?

Figures & data

Table A1. Descriptives of variables in graduate survey datasets 1996–2017

	BOL-4	HBO bachelors	University masters
Employment status (% unemployed)	4%	4%	4%
Mean hourly earnings (2017 Euros)^a	10,72	14,14	17,11
Occupation match relative to education^b
higher level	3%	1%	0%
own level and field	50%	56%	35%
own level, other field	22%	20%	19%
lower level, own field	13%	12%	19%
lower level, other field	12%	11%	27%
Mean age at time of survey	22	25	27
Region of study
North	10%	11%	11%
East	21%	22%	18%
West	43%	43%	54%
South	26%	24%	18%
Average grade^c	7,3	7,3	7,3
Self assessed skills^c,d
Own level field-specific knowledge	n.a.	3,6	3,6
Own level ICT skills	n.a.	3,8	3,8
Required level field-specific knowledge	n.a.	3,6	3,3
Required level ICT skills	n.a.	3,6	3,6
N^e	48914	213453	85135

Notes:

^arestricted to those working in the Netherlands

^bnot included after 2008 for university masters and after 2012 for BOL-4 and HBO bachelors

^cNot included prior to 2003

^d5-point scale, 1 = basic to 5 = excellent, no intermediate labels specified

^eFor variables included in all years from 1996–2017 for BOL-4 and HBO bachelors, and 1998–2009 and 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 for university masters

Figure 1. Adult literacy skill levels in the Netherlands in 1994 and 2012, by age group and highest attained education.

Source: International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS, N = 2,947); OECD, Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC, N = 4,514)

Figure 2. Unemployment risk of HBO bachelors and university masters 1–2 years after graduation relative to BOL-4, 1998–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE) and School-Leaver Information System (SIS).N of cases = 272,227

Figure 3. Hourly earnings (2017 euros) of HBO bachelors and university masters 1–2 years after graduation relative to BOL-4, 1998–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE) and School-Leaver Information System (SIS).N of cases = 262,153

Figure 4. Education-occupation match, by broad level of education, 1996–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE) and School-Leaver Information System (SIS).N of cases = 226,877

Figure 5. Effects of average final grades on labour market outcomes 1–2 years after graduation, HBO bachelors and university masters, 2003–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE)N of cases unemployment risk: HBO bachelors = 142,408; university masters = 47,850N of cases earnings: HBO bachelors = 137,142; university masters = 44,263

Figure 6. Effects of gender (females versus males) on chance of being unemployed and earnings 1–2 years after graduation, 1998–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE)N of cases unemployment risk: HBO bachelors = 213,453; university masters = 85,135N of cases earnings: HBO bachelors = 171,732; university masters = 80,269

Figure 7. Effects of a first-generation non-western migration background (versus native Dutch) on labour market outcomes 1–2 years after graduation, HBO bachelors and university masters, 2001–2017.

Source: HBO-Monitor, Nationale Alumni Enquête (NAE)N of cases unemployment risk: HBO bachelors = 152,257; university masters = 51,942N of cases earnings: HBO bachelors = 147,338; university masters = 48,641