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<p>The study examines differences in the school-to-work trajectories (STWT) across time and federal states in Germany. It uses administrative data of school-leavers with at most intermediate-level certificates from 2009, 2011 and 2013. While the chances of a smooth STWT improved by increasingly favourable economic development after 2009, the relative disadvantage of school-leavers with low certificates continued. The probability of a problematic STWT remained unaffected and did not vary according to state differences in subsidized training schemes.</p>
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The study examines differences in the school-to-work trajectories (STWT) across time and federal states in Germany. It uses administrative data of school-leavers with at most intermediate-level certificates from 2009, 2011 and 2013. While the chances of a smooth STWT improved by increasingly favourable economic development after 2009, the relative disadvantage of school-leavers with low certificates continued. The probability of a problematic STWT remained unaffected and did not vary according to state differences in subsidized training schemes.

Smoother School-to-Work Trajectories in the Early 2010s? Evidence for School-Leavers With At Most Intermediate-Level Certificates and Regional Disparities in Germany

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The study examines differences in the school-to-work trajectories (STWT) across time and federal states in Germany. It uses administrative data of...

Smoother School-to-Work Trajectories in the Early 2010s? Evidence for School-Leavers With At Most Intermediate-Level Certificates and Regional Disparities in Germany

Published Online: Aug 18, 2023

Page range: 315 - 338

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0017

Keywords
School-to-work transition, short-term trends, subsidized training schemes, German federal states

© 2023 Juliane Achatz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Smoother School-to-Work Trajectories in the Early 2010s? Evidence for School-Leavers With At Most Intermediate-Level Certificates and Regional Disparities in Germany

Published Online: Aug 18, 2023

Page range: 315 - 338

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0017

KeywordsSchool-to-work transition, short-term trends, subsidized training schemes, German federal states

© 2023 Juliane Achatz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
School-to-work transition, short-term trends, subsidized training schemes, German federal states