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In this article we analyze the characteristics of labor market insertion of university graduates in Spain, through academic factors (branch of studies, postgraduate degrees, number of languages spoken other than mother tongue and having studied abroad), social origin (highest education attainment among parents) and sociodemographic factors (sex and age). The methodology used consists of a descriptive analysis using contingency tables, followed by an explanatory analysis using multivariate logistic regression, the dependent variable being the occupational class, split into high, medium and low. Data from the INE's Survey of Labor Market Insertion of University Graduates (EILU-2019) is used. The sample consists of 31,649 graduates, of whom 27,250 are employed. The results reveal that academic factors have the strongest influence, especially the branch of studies, followed by postgraduate degrees, when analyzing insertion according to social class estimated by the declared occupation. The influence of social origin on occupational class is not uniform. Women have less access than men to the higher occupational classes, although the effect was reversed when controlling for the branch of studies. Future lines of research could deepen the analysis of segmentation by sex, explore the influence of household economic origin or analyze labor insertion within a specific region's business network.
