How Cantonal Education Systems in Switzerland Promote Gender-Typical School-to-Work Transitions

Imdorf, Christian; Sacchi, Stefan; Wohlgemuth, Karin; Cortesi, Sasha; Schoch, Aline (2014). How Cantonal Education Systems in Switzerland Promote Gender-Typical School-to-Work Transitions. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziologie / Swiss journal of sociology / Revue suisse de sociologie, 40(2), pp. 175-196. Seismo Press

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The paper asks how cantonal education systems in Switzerland promote gender-typed
school-to-work transitions and gender segregation at work. Data from the Swiss TREE
youth panel study is used to analyse the impact of cantonal provision of vocational education and training (VET) on gender-typical educational trajectories. The findings show that
education systems with higher VET rates have higher allocations of men in gender-(male-)
typical occupational careers. The paper concludes that the pronounced and persistent
gender segregation on the Swiss labor market is partly due to a prominent VET system,
which urges early gender-typed occupational career decisions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Sociology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Sociology of Education

UniBE Contributor:

Imdorf, Christian (B), Sacchi, Stefan (A), Wohlgemuth, Karin, Cortesi, Sasha, Schoch, Aline

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

0379-3664

Publisher:

Seismo Press

Projects:

[1036] Transitions from Education to Employment (TREE) Official URL

Language:

German

Submitter:

Sandra Hupka-Brunner

Date Deposited:

30 Apr 2015 12:05

Last Modified:

27 Jun 2024 09:44

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Education systems; vocational education and training; educational trajectories; gender segregation; Switzerland, Berufsbildung Berufswahl Bildungssystem Erste Schwelle Erwerbsverlauf Geschlecht Institutionen Kantone school-to-work-transition Schweiz Segregation Sekundarstufe, Schweiz School-to-Work-Transition Übergänge, Berufswahl

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.67589

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/67589

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