‘Staying on’: The Effects of Recent Changes in Educational Participation for 17–19 Year-Olds in Norway and Scotland

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torild Hammer ◽  
Andy Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Disadvantaged Youth ◽  
Educational Participation ◽  
Middle Class Families

In this paper we consider some of the implications of the growth of educational participation for the labour market integration of young people between the ages of 17 and 19 in Norway and Scotland. In particular, we focus on the experiences of disadvantaged youth and assess the extent to which they benefit from participation in post-compulsory schooling. We argue that in terms of success on the labour market, post-compulsory secondary education is only beneficial to those intending to continue into Higher Education. We demonstrate the existence of persistent inequalities among ‘non-traditional stayers’, and show that despite greater access to post-compulsory education, young people from middle class families still retain important advantages in both Norway and Scotland. However, we argue that in Scotland, females and those from less advantaged social positions are more disadvantaged than their Norwegian counterparts.

Effective Practices for Helping Students Transition to Work

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Shevlin ◽  
John Kubiak ◽  
Mary-Ann O'Donovan ◽  
Marie Devitt ◽  
Barbara Ringwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Work Readiness ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Educational Need

People with disabilities have been among the most marginalized groups within society, with consequent limitations imposed on their access to many goods within society, including education, employment, and economic independence. Some progress is evident in the establishment of more inclusive learning environments, yet it is also clear that upon leaving compulsory education or further/higher education, young people with disabilities encounter significant barriers to accessing meaningful employment. Facilitating transitions to employment for people with disabilities should be informed by ambition and a belief in the capacity of these individuals to make a meaningful contribution to society and achieve a level of economic independence. The issues that are pertinent to young people who have a special educational need or a disability and an aspiration to transition to further/higher education require attention. Research and applied practice has demonstrated the utility of an innovative educational and work readiness program for people with an intellectual disability. Such work highlights the facilitating factors that may encourage a more ambitious reimagining of what may be possible for individuals who have been marginalized.

scholarly journals Atypical forms of employment among young people in the European Union

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luísa Oliveira ◽  
Helena Carvalho ◽  
Luísa Veloso
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Categorical Data ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Temporary Work ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Components Analysis

The article analyses precarious work among the young people in the 27 EU member states. It seeks to contribute to an understanding of the conditions relating to the integration of young people into the labour market in three decades (precisely, in 1988, 1998 and 2008), from a perspective that compares the countries. The information is derived from Eurostat sources; as its central indicator it takes the rate of temporary work and the interrelations between the young people’s qualification levels and the reasons cited for being in temporary work. A multivariate analysis was carried out: principal components analysis for categorical data (CatPCA). This allows us to present the differences between European Union countries, as well as the link between education and labour-market integration processes.

scholarly journals Mind the Gap Between Higher Education and the Labour Market for Students with a Disability in the Netherlands: A Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-157
Author(s):  
Marjolein Büscher-Touwen ◽  
Marian De Groot ◽  
Lineke Van Hal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Students With A Disability ◽  
Disability Research

The transition from higher education to the labour market is experienced as difficult by students with a disability. This gap between higher education and the labour market has tangible consequences for the participation of (young) people with a disability. Research shows that these students have a higher unemployment rate. This article addresses this gap by studying existing research data and by exploring experiences of students with a disability and other stakeholders as collected by the Dutch expert centre Handicap + Studie. We focus on the perspectives and responsibilities of the different parties involved: educational institutions, employers, municipalities, ministries and students with a disability. With this exercise, we want to contribute to putting this ‘gap’ and its stakeholders on the research agenda, arguing that more in-depth research on the transition from higher education to the labour market for students with a disability is needed. We will therefore conclude with themes that need to be researched in order to gain more knowledge for reducing the gap.

scholarly journals The Moral Boundary Drawing of Class: Social Inequality and Young Precarious Workers in Poland and Germany

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852098579
Author(s):  
Vera Trappmann ◽  
Alexandra Seehaus ◽  
Adam Mrozowicki ◽  
Agata Krasowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Youth Transition ◽  
Country Specific

This article explores the relational and moral aspects of the perception of class structure and class identifications by young people in objectively vulnerable labour market conditions in Poland and Germany. Drawing on 123 biographical interviews with young people in both countries, it demonstrates that young precarious Poles and Germans tend to identify themselves against the ‘middle class’ – understood variously in the two countries – and attribute the sources of economic wealth and social status in their societies to individual merits and entrepreneurship. Positioning oneself in the broad middle and limited identification with the precariat is explained by the youth transition phase, country-specific devaluation of class discourses and the effects of individualisation.

Victorian and Edwardian Jewish Doctors

2003 ◽  
pp. 11-42
Author(s):  
John Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Victorian England ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
The University ◽  
Middle Class Families

This chapter discusses Jewish doctors of the Victorian and Edwardian period, demonstrating why there were so few of them in England in comparison with their numbers in Continental Europe. If Jews wanted a higher education in the early Victorian period, they had to go to the University of London; elsewhere there were restrictions on the admission of Jews to the universities. Mindful, no doubt, of the potential obstacles, Jewish parents in lower-middle-class families as well as from the Anglo-Jewish elite remained reluctant to allow their sons to study medicine. Accordingly, the number of Jewish doctors remained small in Victorian England, both within and outside London. Notwithstanding some antisemitism facing Jews trying to obtain hospital posts in the mid-nineteenth century, English and Welsh society was more open in the late Victorian and Edwardian years than it was to be between the two world wars, and a number of Jews rose to eminence in the medical profession, holding appointments as consultants in the London teaching hospitals and elsewhere.

Student Lives in Crisis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Debt ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Family State

With rising levels of student debt and precarity, young people’s lives in university are not always smooth. Lorenza Antonucci has travelled across England, Italy and Sweden to understand how inequality is reproduced through university. This book provides a compelling narrative of what it means to be in university in Europe in the 21st century, not only in terms of education, but also in terms of finances, housing and well-being. Furthermore, this book shows how inequality is reproduced during university by how young people from different social classes combine family, state and labour market sources. The book identifies different profiles of young people’s experiences in university, from ‘Struggling and hopeless’ to ‘Having a great time’. Furthermore, the book discusses how the ‘welfare mixes’ present in the three countries determine different types of semi-dependence, and reinforce inequalities. The book identifies a general trend of privatisation of student support in higher education, which pushes young people to participate in the labour market and over-rely on family resources in order to sustain their participation in university. Not only does this protract young people’s semi-dependence, but it also increases inequality among different groups of young people. In addition to the current policy focus on access to higher education, and transitions to the labour market, the book calls for a greater attention on the policies that can change young people’s lives while in university.

scholarly journals Integration of Young People into the Latvian Labour Market

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liva Grinevica ◽  
Raimonds Kovalevs
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Employment Decisions ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Education Outcomes ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Unemployed Youth ◽  
Future Vision

Abstract The research deals with the question of how different resources affect the labour market integration of the long-term unemployed youth. The main hypothesis it advances is that the youth who have access to different resources will find more stable jobs or develop their own business after unemployment than those lacking such different kinds of support. In making the education and employment decisions during the transition from school to work, there is strong evidence of the importance for young people to make good initial career decisions and an enduring effect of academic achievement on labour market and education outcomes. This research is based on scientific discussion of different author opinions and survey results of young people as well as on views on the future vision of authors.

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.

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