Scars of early non-employment for low educated youth: evidence and policy lessons from Belgium

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 3 Correspondence between educational level and worker’s function

Function undertaken 6 years after graduation ^a
	Low educated			High educated
	Freq.	Percent	Cum.	Freq.	Percent	Cum.
Blue collar	1,193	62.72	62.72	184	10.93	10.93
White collar	390	20.5	83.23	1,193	70.84	81.77
Functionary	68	3.58	86.8	105	6.24	88
Missing	251	13.2	100	202	12	100
Total	1,902	100		1,684	100
Prevalent function undertaken up to 6 years after graduation ^b
	Low educated			High educated
	Freq.	Percent	Cum.	Freq.	Percent	Cum.
Blue collar	1,346	70.77	70.77	235	13.95	13.95
White collar	401	21.08	91.85	1,337	79.39	93.35
Functionary	53	2.79	94.64	36	2.14	95.49
Missing	102	5.36	100	76	4.51	100
Total	1,902	100		1,684	100

^aIt refers to the type of function undertaken at potential experience 6
^bIt refers to the function undertaken more than 50% of the time from graduation up to potential experience 6. 70% of low educated are prevalently employed as blue collars while this figure is only 14% for the high educated. Thus, there is clear correspondence between low educated and blue collar workers and between high educated and white collar workers