Downgrading of graduates on the Côte d'Ivoire labour market

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Gnépa Ange René HOLO, Université Felix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB)
Kouadio Clément KOUAKOU, Université Felix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB)

In a context of persistent mass unemployment, some graduates are compelled to accept low-skilled or low-paid jobs rather than have no job at all. The aim of this study is to analyse the determinants of downgrading and its effects on the wages of graduate workers. To this end, the methodological approach combines the econometrics of qualitative variables with that of linear regressions. The results show that in 2017, the application of different downgrading measures to graduate employees leads to different results. While 34.77% of graduate employees were downgraded professionally from a salary point of view, 36.89% said they had been downgraded. The results also show that the higher levels of degree (Bachelor's, Master's and PhD) have the highest salary gains. However, despite their high status, these degrees are affected by the phenomenon of wage downgrading.