Degree Mobility from the Nordic Countries: Background and Employability

Autor/in	Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke
Titel	Degree Mobility from the Nordic Countries: Background and Employability
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 17 (2013) 4, S.471-491 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315312463824
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Occupational Mobility; Social Capital; Employment Potential; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Academic Degrees; Brain Drain; Employment Opportunities; Access to Education; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Trend Analysis; Educational Policy; International Education; Surveys; Student Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; College Graduates; Occupational Aspiration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Berufliche Mobilität; Sozialkapital; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Trendanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Internationale Erziehung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel
Abstract	Full-degree mobility from Western countries is a topic that has been little researched. Existing literature tends to be normative; mobility is seen as an advantage per se. In this article it is questioned whether mobility is an advantage when investigating degree mobility and employability of students from the Nordic countries. Results show that students who undertake a full degree abroad constitute a selected group regarding social origin and "mobility capital." Overall, the employability of mobile and nonmobile students is fairly similar, and there is little evidence that degree mobility enhances employability. But the mobile degree students are more likely to hold international jobs in the domestic labor market; hence mobility has an impact on "horizontal" career opportunities. Degree mobility implies a risk of brain drain, and the authors find that a substantial proportion of students from Finland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands stay abroad after graduation. Norwegian and Icelandic students are far more likely to return to their home country. It is suggested that this pattern is not only due to labor market opportunities but also due to the structure of public support schemes. Generous support systems encourage a larger number of students to go abroad, not only the most dedicated. Widened participation is seen to result in more students returning to their country of origin. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10