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Skill Endowment Through Vocational Education and Training Programmes and Early Career Mobility
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Abstract This article addresses inequalities in short‐ and medium‐term career outcomes of workers with different vocational education and training (VET) programmes during the early career. In particular, we examine how the degree of vocational specificity of VET programmes affects occupational status mobilit... view more
This article addresses inequalities in short‐ and medium‐term career outcomes of workers with different vocational education and training (VET) programmes during the early career. In particular, we examine how the degree of vocational specificity of VET programmes affects occupational status mobility throughout individuals' early careers, a topic that has hitherto received little attention. We adopt a life course perspective and combine an individual‐level theoretical approach (human capital and signalling theory) with an institutional approach. The former focuses on individuals’ skill acquisition during VET and across the early career. The latter emphasises that individuals’ allocation to a training programme influences the amount and types of skills they acquire. The multinomial logistic regression analyses are based on a combination of detailed curricula‐based occupation‐level data on the specificity of training programmes and individual‐level data from the Transitions From Education to Employment (TREE) longitudinal dataset. The results show, firstly, that labour market allocation at the beginning of a career has consequences for later labour market outcomes. Second, practical occupation‐specific education and training facilitate status stability at labour market entry, while general skills and knowledge are decisive for long‐term upward mobility.... view less
Keywords
vocational education; dual system; career start; job success; career; job history; occupational mobility; competence; curriculum; general education; vertical mobility; Switzerland
Classification
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
dual training; occupation‐specific skills; returns to education; vocational education and training (VET); Transitions From Education to Employment (TREE) panel study (first cohort)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 115-128
Journal
Social Inclusion, 10 (2022) 4
Issue topic
Life Course Justice and Learning
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed