Gendered Education and Labor Market Trajectories in Switzerland

Hupka-Brunner, Sandra; Meyer, Thomas (2023). Gendered Education and Labor Market Trajectories in Switzerland. In: Wyn, Johanna; Cahill, Helen; Cuervo, Hernan (eds.) Handbook of Children and Youth Studies (pp. 1-14). Singapore: Springer 10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_87-1

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Like many post-industrial, knowledge-based societies and economies, Switzerland has experienced a reversal of the gender gap with respect to educational attainment: Within less than two decades, the share of young women attaining a tertiary level degree has exceeded that of young men – by 10% points in the Swiss case. However, this development is far from translating into women’s situation in the labor market. They are markedly underrepresented in managerial positions, overrepresented in low-paying jobs, and experience persistent “unexplained” wage gaps. Both the Swiss education system and the labor market remain deeply
affected by gender segregation. As a country with a VET-dominated education system, Switzerland is characterized by a strong education-occupation linkage, which tends to reinforce gender segregation. Gendered labor market trajectories are further accentuated by a social, legislative, fiscal, and economic context hampering reconciliation of family and work, which tends to marginalize or exclude women with children from the labor market.

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