Improving Formal Qualifications or Firm Linkages-What Supports Successful School-to-Work Transitions among Low-Achieving School Leavers in Germany?

Abstract: Many countries have implemented youth (un)employment programmes for low-achieving young people to improve their employment prospects. In Germany, these youths are often channelled into prevocational programmes to prevent them from long-term 'scars' by providing a 'second chance' to enter apprenticeships (serving as entry into the labour market in Germany). However, the usefulness of these programmes is contested. It remains unclear whether it is (more) useful for young people to invest in education and improve formal qualifications (to send a positive ‘signal’) or to spend more time in firms (e.g. to counteract possible discrimination processes or to generate new network ties). It is also unclear who benefits most depending on previous school-leaving certificates. We address these questions by using rich data from the German National Educational Panel Study and apply entropy balancing as a matching approach to control for selection. We find that both attaining a higher school certi

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Sociological Review ; 37 (2021) 2 ; 218-237

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2021
Creator
Holtmann, Anne Christine
Ehlert, Martin
Menze, Laura
Solga, Heike

DOI
10.1093/esr/jcaa047
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023010509533416042313
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Holtmann, Anne Christine
  • Ehlert, Martin
  • Menze, Laura
  • Solga, Heike
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2021

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