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Table 8 Education Level Categorization

From: Routine job dynamics in the Swiss labor market

Education Level

1992–2009: SLFS-classification

2010–2013: ISCED-97-codes

2014–2018: ISCED− 11-codes

Low

Mandatory school or pre-vocational education

10, 11, 21: Primary education, basic education, lower secondary education

1, 2: Primary and lower secondary education

Medium

Commercial school, diploma secondary school, general education school, vocational apprenticeship, full-time vocational school, high-school diploma, teacher training school

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41: Upper secondary education, Post-secondary non-tertiary education

3: Upper secondary education

High

Higher vocational training, graduates of universities or universities of applied science

51, 52, 61: Tertiary education

6 and above: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, Master’s degree or equivalent, Doctorate, Habilitation or equivalent

  1. I used the most recent ISCED-codes where available. For 1992–2009 data the SLFS’s own education classification was used, in 2010 the ISCED-07 classification was introduced, in 2014 the ISCED-11 classification. “No education” was not recorded before 2014 and I therefore refrain from assigning it to any of the education categories