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.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

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

UniBE Contributor:

Hupka-Brunner, Sandra (A), Meyer, Thomas (A)

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

ISBN:

978-981-4451-96-3

Publisher:

Springer

Projects:

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

Language:

English

Submitter:

Sandra Hupka-Brunner

Date Deposited:

24 May 2023 12:58

Last Modified:

24 May 2023 12:58

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_87-1

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/182872

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/182872

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