From University to Labour Market: the Case of the University of Trieste

The aim of this study is to analyze some problems regarding the transition from University to labour market, in particular by exploring the ties between degree and economic sector of the first post degree job (first job activation, first job placement). In order to perform the analysis we use two large administrative databases: the former concerning the graduates of the University of Trieste, the latter the activations in Friuli Venezia Giulia region. Our aim here is to explore such phenomena, in terms of the presence of clusters and ties between employers and graduates. The attention is focused on methods to highlight clusters of graduates. After the integration of the two databases and the examination of data quality, we try to explore the existing ties between type of degree and economic sector by using a two step cluster analysis. We analyze the evolution of some characteristics of the transition from University to labour market in the period 2005 - 2012.