A Nonparametric Approach for Wage Differentials of Higher Education Graduates

The analysis developed in this paper aims to identify the factors with positive influence and those with a negative impact on gross earnings for higher education graduates. The investigation is based on a dataset, obtained as a result of the surveys conducted in the HEGESCO (Higher Education as a Generator of Strategic Competences) project. We performed a nonparametric regression analysis between gross earnings in current job and a set of explanatory variables like gender, economic sector of the current job, work duration.