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Globalisation has reached every corner of the world in the 21st century. Recognising this opportunity, China's official education strategy, "The National Outline for Medium- and Long-Term Educational Reform and Development (2010-2020)", proposed a series of policies to promote internationalisation of education, including attracting more international students to study in Chinese universities. Although international students can bring benefits to Chinese universities, they inevitably also increase costs. Does recruiting more international students actually influence the cost efficiency of Chinese universities? By employing the flexible fixed cost quadratic function to estimate economies of scale and scope in internationalisation, this article attempts to provide pilot answers to the question. The empirical results suggest that there are both economies of scale and economies of scope in recruiting international students. This suggests that Chinese high-level universities should recruit more international students to align with the national strategy. (China/GIGA)

Using data from a nation-wide survey of graduates undertaken in 2003, this article tests the screening hypothesis for the graduate job market by investigating the relationship among job search channels, educational level and the results of job searches. It is found that those at a lower educational level are more likely to choose informal channels. This is supportive of the screening hypothesis, since those with higher levels of education have a stronger signal and fewer motivations to use informal channels. Meanwhile, the effect of educational background on the probabilities of obtaining a job does not change with different search channels. This empirical result seems to reject the screening hypothesis. However, based on a discussion of the methods, we reach conclusions supportive of the screening hypothesis. (CIJ/GIGA)

Following the framework of Brinton and Kariya, and using a nationwide higher education graduates' survey (Graduate School of Education, Peking University in 2003), this article investigates the choices and the effects of institutional embeddedness for higher education graduates in China. Empirical results suggest that institutional embeddedness is more common in the context where employers seek higher-quality labour or where colleges pay attention to their graduates' future employment opportunities. Institutional embeddedness helps graduates find jobs, high-ranking positions and join large enterprises. (China/GIGA)