From School to Work

A Comparative Study of Educational Qualifications and Occupational Destinations

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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This fascinating comparative study presents the latest research into the value of qualifications for the attainment of first job, and in securing employment. A team of some of the world's leading scholars in the field examine the ways in which educational qualifications affect the occupational outcomes of men and women in thirteen countries. The book features chapters on each of these countries, together with a lead chapter which integrates them, and analyses them comparatively. The authors present a wealth of rich and detailed information on educational institutions in these various countries, as well as reports on rigorous statistical analyses of the associations between qualifications and occupations. The data reveals marked differences between countries in how education shapes occupational attainment, and indicates that these differences are related, in very systematic ways, to the institutional characteristics of school systems. The book offers a range of insightful policy-oriented observations, for example that vocational education is valuable in countries where training is occupationally specific, but is of little value where the curricula are general in content.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-18
Mått:164 x 242 x 37 mm
Vikt:1 025 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:572
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198293224

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excellent overviews of trends and isues in the countries concerned ... Mulle and Shavit have taken great pains to ensure the comparability of the data and the analyses ... They have come closer to a cross-nationally comparable analysis of the transition from school to work than any previous study based on so many countries. ... Shavit and Muller have achieved an important milestone in research on cross-national differences in school-to-work transitions.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The institutional embededness of the stratification process: a comparative study of qualifications and occupations in thirteen countries ; 2. The transition from school to work in Australia ; 3. Education and occupation in Britain ; 4. From education to first job: the French case ; 6. Investment in education: educational qualifications and class of entry in the Republic of Ireland ; 7. The transition from school to work in Israel ; 8. Occupational returns to education in contemporary Italy ; 9. Educational credentials and labour market entry outcomes in Japan ; 10. From high school and college to work in Japan - meritocracy through institutional and semi-institutional linkages ; 11. Education and early occupation in the Netherlands around 1990: categorical and continous scales and the details of a relationship ; 12. Allocation processes in the Swedish labour market ; 13. The transition from school to work in Switzerland: do characteristics of the educational system and class barriers matter? ; 14. The transition from school to work in Taiwan ; 15. The early returns: the transition from school to work in the United States