Generic Skills and Labor Market Prospects of University Graduates in Chile

Aggregating anonymized survey data from 2,792 university graduates in Chile, collected in 2024. It examines perceived acquisition of generic skills, perceived alignment between education and employment, and labor market prospects during the university-to-work transition.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between perceived acquisition of generic skills and labor market prospects among graduates.
• Examine the perceived alignment between education and employment across different sociodemographic variables.
• Study labor market prospects during the university-to-work transition using survey responses.

Strengths

• Survey data from 2,792 university graduates provides a substantial sample size.
• Data is anonymized with direct identifiers removed to protect respondent privacy.
• Focuses on specific themes: generic skills, education-employment alignment, and labor market prospects.

Limitations

• Access is restricted due to the presence of institutional and sociodemographic variables that could allow indirect identification.
• The dataset is a single cross-sectional snapshot from 2024, lacking longitudinal tracking.
• Specific column names and data structure are unknown, limiting detailed analysis planning.

Provenance

Source

Survey developed under Fondecyt project 1230080 funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID).

Collection Method

Survey applied to university graduates in Chile.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Data was collected in 2024 and the dataset was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

Chile