대졸 청년층의 성공적 노동시장 진입 영향요인 분석

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors influencing the employment outcomes that indicate successful entry into the labor market for college graduates. By doing so, the study aims to derive policy implications for future higher education.
 Methods To achieve this, data from the 5th to 12th surveys of the Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2005 (KELS 2005) were utilized, tracing the experiences of students from the 1st year of middle school in 2005 until 6 years after university graduation. The Korean Education Longitudinal Study investigates intellectual and moral growth, development, and educational experiences of students from middle school entry through high school graduation, tracking them up to the age of 28, including their initial career acquisition processes, graduate school enrollment, and more. The dependent variable in this study is the employment status of participants collected in the 12th survey. Logistic regression analysis was applied to identify the independent variables influencing this dependent variable.
 Results The analysis revealed that, except for gender, personal characteristics of students had no significant impact on employment prospects. Factors such as passion for education, academic achievement in the middle school stage, type of university attended, metropolitan area university enrollment, major GPA, and collaborative skills were identified as positively influencing the likelihood of employment.
 Conclusions The findings of this study highlight that the desire for education and academic achievement during the middle school stage, as well as the type of university attended, metropolitan area university enrollment, major GPA, and collaborative skills during the higher education stage, contribute to the increased likelihood of successful entry into the labor market for the young population who have completed higher education.