<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We analyze the educational decision at the end of compulsory schooling in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. In order to reveal the social selectivity of this decision we adapted the theory of subjectively expected utility to the Swiss context. We apply and test an innovative model with panel data. The variation of achievement and educational decision across social classes largely explains the selectivity of this transition.</p></abstract>

We analyze the educational decision at the end of compulsory schooling in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. In order to reveal the social selectivity of this decision we adapted the theory of subjectively expected utility to the Swiss context. We apply and test an innovative model with panel data. The variation of achievement and educational decision across social classes largely explains the selectivity of this transition.

Vocational Education and Training, Vocational Baccalaureate or Academic High School? An Empirical Analysis of Social Selective Transitions to Upper Secondary Education in the German-Speaking Part of Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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We analyze the educational decision at the end of compulsory schooling in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. In order to reveal the social selectivity of...

Vocational Education and Training, Vocational Baccalaureate or Academic High School? An Empirical Analysis of Social Selective Transitions to Upper Secondary Education in the German-Speaking Part of Switzerland

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 9 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0002

Keywords
educational decision, vocational education and training, primary and secondary effects of social origin, panel data, theory of subjectively expected utility

© 2018 Rolf Becker et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Vocational Education and Training, Vocational Baccalaureate or Academic High School? An Empirical Analysis of Social Selective Transitions to Upper Secondary Education in the German-Speaking Part of Switzerland

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 9 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0002

Keywordseducational decision, vocational education and training, primary and secondary effects of social origin, panel data, theory of subjectively expected utility

© 2018 Rolf Becker et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
educational decision, vocational education and training, primary and secondary effects of social origin, panel data, theory of subjectively expected utility