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Trends in gender disparities at the transition from school to work: labour market entries of young men and women between 1984 and 2005 in West Germany

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Jacob, Marita
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Kleinert, Corinna
 KM
Kühhirt, Michael
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
Journal · Vol. 65 · Issue 1 · pp. 48-65
Abstract

This paper examines trends in school-to-work transitions of young men and women with lower and higher secondary education in West Germany between 1984 and 2005. This period was marked by an increase in young women's educational attainment and a continuous growth of the service sector. We assume that both developments have benefited women more than men in terms of smooth labour market integration. Results from discrete event history analyses show that in recent years women indeed found their first job faster than men. However, this is not mainly due to an improvement in young women's chances to enter employment, but to deteriorating employment prospects of men, in particular of unskilled men. © 2013 Copyright The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd.

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Gender Labour market entry West Germany

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Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany
Institute for Medical Sociology, Universität zu Köln, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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