scholarly journals The Vocational Specificity of Educational Systems and Youth Labour Market Integration: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 720-740
Author(s):  
Lieselotte Blommaert ◽  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H J Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Youth Labour

Abstract Comparative research on the impact of the vocational specificity of educational systems on youth labour market integration has expanded rapidly in the past decades. The present study reviews this body of research, focusing on how it has conceptualized the vocational specificity of educational systems and theorized its effect on youth labour market integration. Moreover, this study synthesizes the empirical evidence compiled in this research using a meta-analytical approach. Our review reveals that this research area is theoretically fragmented. A commonly accepted definition of the vocational specificity of educational systems is lacking and various theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks are invoked to theorize the effect of vocational specificity, while exact mechanisms that are assumed to underlie the effect are often left unspecified. Our meta-analysis includes 105 effect estimates nested in 19 studies, published between 2003 and 2018, that used methods enabling a formal meta-analytical comparison. Results show that the overall average effect is positive and statistically significant but its magnitude is modest and there is substantial variability in the size and even direction of observed effects. We find that this variability is partly driven by which aspect of labour market integration was examined and which measure of vocational specificity was used.

scholarly journals De arbeidsmarktintegratie van jongeren in Europa verklaard

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes de Lange ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H.J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Youth Labour

Youth labour market integration in Europe explained Youth labour market integration in Europe explained Young people in Europe face great difficulties nowadays when first entering the labour market. Unemployment and temporary employment are high among youth, although considerable differences in these figures exist between European countries. In this article, we study to what extent cyclical, structural and institutional factors explain cross-national variation in youth labour market integration. In addition, we examine to what degree educational differences exist in the impact of these macro characteristics. To answer these research questions, we use data on young people from 29 European countries who were interviewed in the European Social Survey of 2002, 2004, 2006 or 2008 and left day-time education in the period 1992-2008. The results of the empirical analysis first of all show that high unemployment prevent young people from a smooth integration in the labour market. In addition, economic globalization has a positive effect on youth labour market integration. We also demonstrated that young people experience less difficulties with labour market integration as the educational system is more vocational specific. Higher educated in particular profit from the positive effect of the vocational specificity of the educational system. Finally, as the employment protection legislation of incumbent workers is stricter, young people experience more difficulties with labour market integration, especially higher educated youth.

Youth Labour Market Integration Across Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes de Lange ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H.J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Youth Labour

scholarly journals The impact of youth labour market experiences on later employment opportunities: What roles do ethnicity and gender play?

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-674
Author(s):  
Carolina Viviana Zuccotti ◽  
Jacqueline O’Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Early Labour ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Youth joblessness often leaves a scar. However, some ethnic groups appear to be more successful in recovering from this than others. Using a unique dataset (ONS Longitudinal Study) linking census records for a 1% sample of the population of England and Wales, we examine the relationship between early labour market experiences and later employment outcomes for men and women from Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Caribbean origins to those of white British individuals. Our results show that, on average, being unemployed or inactive in youth (vs being employed or in education) reduces employment opportunities later in life. However, this varies greatly by ethnicity and gender: Indian and, especially, Bangladeshi men are substantively less affected by previous non-employment compared with white British men; for women, having an ethnic minority background continues to limit their labour market integration. Addressing gender and ethnic labour market inequalities requires a more nuanced understanding of how these disadvantages unfurl over time for different communities.

scholarly journals Από την εκπαίδευση στην αμειβόμενη εργασία: Εμπειρική διερεύνηση της εργασιακής ένταξης των νέων στην Ελλάδα

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Μαρία Καραμεσίνη
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Labour Market Entry

<p>The paper empirically investigates the transition of youth from education to work in Greece by using a macroeconomic and dynamic approach. It examines in particular the labour market integration of young graduates of the year 1999<br />by educational attainment level and gender, as well as the difficulties they had in stabilizing in employment during 2000-2005. The paper also discusses the impact of the economic context at the moment of graduation and during the first years after labour market entry by comparing employment performance of the 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 cohorts, one, three and five years after graduation. The methodology used for the empirical analysis consists of the creation of pseudopanels and the estimation of a number of indicators of labour market integration for consecutive years.</p>

scholarly journals Refugees’ trajectories in Switzerland: Impact of residence permits on labour market integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-99
Author(s):  
Anne-Laure Bertrand
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Geneva Convention ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Life course trajectories of refugee populations in European countries highly depend on the various statuses and residence permits that are assigned to them. Taking the case study of Switzerland, this article aims at showing the impact of the legal framework on refugees’ chances of labour market integration. The term «refugee» here refers to all the individuals who came to Switzerland seeking asylum, no matter the outcome of the asylum procedure – and not only to those who obtained the status as defined by the 1951 Geneva Convention. In this study, the longitudinal follow‐up of the individuals is made possible by the matching of data from several population registers. From a descriptive point of view, sequence analysis allows the visualization of refugees’ trajectories from their arrival in the country – in terms of both residence permits and of labour market participation. Survival analysis models then show the concordance between the administrative status and the economic status, the access to more stable permits increasing significantly the chances of labour market integration. As a consequence, those who remain for many years with the most precarious permits (asylum seekers and provisionally admitted persons) go through a process of cumulative disadvantage. Although the economic vulnerability of refugees has been highlighted previously, this paper shows that within the refugee population, the host countries’ legislation creates an additional hierarchy, based on the residence permits, that further widens inequalities.

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