TY - BOOK AU - FIGUEIREDO, Hugo AU - TEIXEIRA, Pedro AU - RUBERY, Jill TI - Unequal futures? Mass higher education and graduates' relative earnings in Portugal, 1995–2009 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Taylor & Francis KW - human capital KW - mass higher education KW - graduates demand N2 - This article analyses the evolution of relative earnings premiums for young university graduates in Portugal (1995–2009), suggesting that the previous picture of a successful transition towards mass higher education changed significantly. Our results indicate a decline in the average premium and an increasing dispersion in the returns to higher education. The relative position of graduates at the top of the wage distribution, in jobs in which the majority of workers have a degree, has, however, remained stable. These trends raise the risk of increasing expectations mismatches among recent graduate cohorts UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.770119 ER -