Adela García-Aracil

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the labor market rewards based on competencies using a sample of young European higher education (HE) graduates, and found that higher requirements in terms of competencies increase graduates' job satisfaction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated satisfaction rates among young European higher education graduates with their tertiary level study and found that those graduates who were most satisfied with their course of study scored course content and social aspects very highly, while opportunity to participate in research projects and poor supply of teaching materials were the main reasons for dissatisfaction with higher education studies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a new and systematic characterization of 488 universities, from 11 European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and UK, using micro indicators built on the integrated Aquameth database.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of diverse education-related variables on job satisfaction scores are analyzed using a sample of European higher education graduates at early stages of their working life, including field of study, evaluation of their educational experience, the match between the competences developed during education and those required by jobs, as well as information on graduates' values and interests.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the systems applied to the OECD countries, with special attention to Spain, demonstrates the difficulty involved in establishing classification criteria for existing indicators, on which there is currently no consensus.