Scarring effects of early unemployment among young workers with vocational credentials in Switzerland

Abstract

Background: Using a unique, longitudinal survey that follows school-to-work transitions of pupils who participated in PISA 2000, this paper investigates adverse consequences, so-called scarring effects, of early unemployment among young adults who acquired vocational credentials in Switzerland.

TREE (Transitions from Education to Employment): A Swiss multi-cohort survey

“…To date, around 270 researchers and students from national and international institutions across a multitude of disciplines have been working with the TREE1 data. Their analyses have led to over 200 publications that address a wide range of issues such as educational inequality (Buchmann et al, 2016), gendered education and labour market pathways (Imdorf & Hupka-Brunner, 2015), the particular role that VET plays for labour market entry in Switzerland (Müller & Schweri, 2015;Helbling & Sacchi, 2014), the impact of discontinuous pathways on later education and labour market outcomes (Sacchi & Meyer, 2016) and the scarring effect of precarious employment at labour market entry on occupational careers of young workers (Buchs & Helbling, 2016;Helbling & Sacchi, 2014;Helbling, 2017).…”

Etterlater arbeidstrening arr hos unge ledige? Et vignett-eksperiment av arbeidsgiveres beslutninger ved ansettelser av unge i Norge

“…I tråd med human kapital teori, antyder signal teori at perioder med ledighet kan sende signaler om mulig lav produktivitet og redusert motivasjon, atferd og ferdigheter (Atkinson, Giles & Meager 1996). Selv om arbeidsgivere ikke systematisk avviser søkere med arbeidsledighetshistorikk, er de ofte mer forsiktige med å ansette slike søkere for å unngå potensiell risiko for en uheldig investering (Helbling & Sacchi 2014). I mange tilfeller vil de heller velge å ansette søkere med en «tryggere» biografi dersom gruppen av søkere tillater dette, eller foretrekke å ikke ansette noen for å unngå usikkerhet (Devins & Hogarth 2005).…”

A Capability Approach to Understand the Scarring Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity: Developing the Research Agenda

“…Scarring may be experienced into mid and later working-life (Brandt and Hank, 2014), although in some circumstances it is less permanent (Gebel, 2010 Scarring can also occur in terms of career development, income, health and wellbeing. Those who experience early unemployment are more dissatisfied with their career progress (Helbling and Sacchi, 2014) and long-term wage penalties are observed (Arulampalam, 2001;Gregg and Tominey, 2005). Post-unemployment earnings losses are largely permanent and particularly significant for high-wage, older and female workers (Gangl, 2006).…”