abstract: 'We study school-to-work-transition (STWT) patterns and early

  occupational attainment for five West German birth cohorts. Although

  these cohorts experienced very different macro conditions, their STWTs

  were facilitated by Germany''s strong vocational education and training

  (VET) system. The main research question is whether linearity of STWTs

  differed across and within cohorts. Linearity concerns the normatively

  expected order of different activity statuses during this life phase.

  High linearity is ideal-typically defined as entering VET or tertiary

  education programs after leaving general education, followed by rather

  direct entry into employment. Non-linear patterns diverge from this

  ordering or may also include other status activities, like unemployment

  and inactivity. We use data of the Adult Starting Cohort of the German

  National Education Panel Study (NEPS) and employ sequence analysis and

  regression methods. Our analyses reveal that the proportion of young

  people experiencing the ideal-typical transition patterns increased over

  the cohorts. Yet, the degree of non-linearity (in terms of number of

  status activities and status shifts, and some non-employment experience)

  of these ideal-typical STWT patterns also increased over the cohorts.

  Moreover, we find strong differences between men and women in early

  occupational attainment. Higher-educated women in particular had higher

  risks of long-term disadvantage, whereas men were able to compensate for

  disadvantages by achieving higher educational attainment and

  establishing themselves more quickly in the labor market. (C) 2016

  Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Brzinsky-Fay, C (Corresponding Author), WZB, Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785
  Berlin, Germany.

  Brzinsky-Fay, Christian; Solga, Heike, WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Berlin, Germany.

  Solga, Heike, Free Univ Berlin, Inst Sociol, Berlin, Germany.'
author: Brzinsky-Fay, Christian and Solga, Heike
author-email: 'christian.brzinsky-fay@wzb.eu

  heike.solga@wzb.eu'
author_list:
- family: Brzinsky-Fay
  given: Christian
- family: Solga
  given: Heike
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.01.004
eissn: 1878-5654
files: []
issn: 0276-5624
journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
keywords: 'School-to-work transition; Early occupational attainment; Labor market

  entry; Vocational education and training; West Germany'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET ENTRY; YOUTH; INTEGRATION; PARTICIPATION; CONSEQUENCES;

  EDUCATION; INSIGHTS; EUROPE'
language: English
month: DEC
number: A
number-of-cited-references: '57'
pages: 21-36
papis_id: 860ef61c5115d6b4ef1e60ae53af60e5
ref: Brzinskyfay2016compressedpostponed
researcherid-numbers: 'Brzinsky-Fay, Christian/N-2274-2014

  Solga, Heike/AAY-4793-2021'
times-cited: '49'
title: Compressed, postponed, or disadvantaged? School-to-work-transition patterns
  and early occupational attainment in West Germany
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000389207300004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '44'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2016'