TABLE 4.

Marginal effects of horizontal mismatch of degree field on job mismatch from the logit regression (White Male, White Female)

Rank order (Likert scale)	White Male			White Female
	(1) Closely related	(2) Somewhat related	(3) Not related	(1) Closely related	(2) Somewhat related	(3) Not related
Degree field
Political and related sciences (Ref: Economics)	0.144***	−0.077***	0.213***	−0.068*	−0.039	0.108***
	(0.023)	(0.023)	(0.021)	(0.030)	(0.030)	(0.028)
Psychology	−0.035	−0.105***	0.144 ***	0.033	−0.076**	0.036
	(0.022)	(0.023)	(0.022)	(0.026)	(0.026)	(0.025)
Sociology and anthropology	−0.051	−0.098***	0.153***	−0.054	−0.053	0.104***
	(0.026)	(0.027)	(0.025)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.027)
Other social sciences	−0.016	−0.088**	0.107***	−0.082**	−0.043	0.118***
	(0.027)	(0.029)	(0.028)	(0.031)	(0.031)	(0.029)
Degree: Mastern (Ref: Bachelor)	0.259***	−0.117***	−0.204***	0.294***	−0.144***	−0.211***
	(0.015)	(0.019)	(0.019)	(0.012)	(0.016)	(0.015)
Doctorate	0.547***	−0.58***	−0.299**	0.466***	−0.346***	−0.286***
	(0.081)	(0.147)	(0.093)	(0.064)	(0.082)	(0.082)
Professional	0.788***	−0.517*	–	0.567***	−0.411***	−0.425***
	(0.189)	(0.208)	–	(0.085)	(0.114)	(0.113)
Supervisor	0.019	0.066***	−0.082	0.005	0.061***	−0.061***
	(0.017)	(0.017)	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.015)
Training	0.061***	0.029	−0.086	0.156***	−0.040**	−0.109***
	(0.016)	(0.017)	(0.016)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.013)

Note. Data 2013 National Survey of College Graduates. SEs in parentheses:

^***p < 0.001

^**p < 0.01, and

^*p < 0.05.

N = 3,191 (White Male), N = 3,946 (White Female); and Prob > chi² 0.0000.

All analyses include controls for age, marriage, children, full time status, work duration, employer size, employer type, and employer location.