Transition systems and non-standard employment in early career: comparing Japan and Switzerland

Imdorf, Christian; Helbling, Laura Alexandra; Inui, Akio

doi:10.1080/13639080.2016.1243234

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“…Job specific skills are conveyed to the apprentices through vocational education acquired at the company, and they are canalized into set jobs after such training (Bol and Werfhorst 2013). The Swiss educational system is an example of such a strongly vocationally-oriented system that conveys specific occupational skills in a qualification space (Imdorf et al 2017). In contrast to Switzerland, the Bulgarian educational system conveys more general skills, and vocational training is more school-based (Ilieva-Trichkova et al 2015).…”

Section: Institutional Explanatory Factors For Gender Segregation In mentioning

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The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

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Imdorf

2018

J Labour Market Res

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Previous comparative research has uncovered considerable cross-country differences in occupational gender segregation. There is, however, a lack of research on the role of educational systems in the creation of gender segregation and gendered school-to-work transitions. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of vocational education and the strength of the education–employment linkage in the transmission of horizontal gender segregation from education into the labour market. Transition system literature points to a stronger linkage between education and employment in countries where initial vocational education and training dominates the educational offers, and to a weaker linkage in countries with a stronger focus on general education. Moreover, research on gender segregation in education shows that segregation is especially pronounced in educational systems with a strong vocational education and training sector on the upper secondary level. Based on these insights, we hypothesize that gender segregation in education and its transmission to employment is more pronounced the more distinct a country’s initial vocational education and training system is. To test our assumption, we compare individual school-to-work transitions in Switzerland and Bulgaria, with the vocational principle being more prevalent in the structuring of Swiss educational offers. We use data from the Swiss Youth Panel Survey TREE (N = 3215) and the Bulgarian School Leaver Survey BSLS (N = 885). Following recent developments in multi-group segregation research, entropy-based measurements are calculated to study the school-to-work linkages and the transmission of gender segregation in the two select countries. The empirical results confirm a more pronounced educational gender segregation in Switzerland, which is transferred more strongly into the labour market due to the tighter linkage in that country between education and employment compared to Bulgaria.

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Section: Institutional Explanatory Factors For Gender Segregation In mentioning

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The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

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Imdorf

2018

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“…The tightness of the school-work linkage varies accordingly, which in turn leads to varying recruitment strategies. In this article, we focus on the regional labour-market context of German-speaking Switzerland, which is characterised, like Germany, by a high degree of vocational specificity and standardisation in the school-to-work transition system (Imdorf et al 2017 ; Shavit and Müller 1998 ; Müller and Gangl 2003 ; Stalder and Nägele 2011 ). Compared to other OECD countries, the youth unemployment rate is relatively low in Switzerland, and it was also at a comparably low level after the recent Great Recession.…”

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How unemployment scarring affects skilled young workers: evidence from a factorial survey of Swiss recruiters

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Imdorf

Samuel

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We ask how employers contribute to unemployment scarring in the recruitment process in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. By drawing on recruitment theories, we aim to better understand how recruiters assess different patterns of unemployment in a job candidate’s CV and how this affects the chances of young applicants being considered for a vacancy. We argue that in contexts with tight school-work linkage and highly standardised Vocational Education and Training systems, the detrimental effect of early unemployment depends on how well the applicant’s profile matches the requirements of the advertised position. To test this assumption, we surveyed Swiss recruiters who were seeking to fill positions during the time of data collection. We employed a factorial survey experiment that tested how the (un)employment trajectories in hypothetical young job applicants’ CV affected their chances of being considered for a real vacancy. Our results show that unemployment decreases the perceived suitability of an applicant for a specific job, which implies there is a scarring effect of unemployment that increases with the duration of being unemployed. But we also found that these effects are moderated by how well the applicant’s profile matches the job’s requirements. Overall, the worse the match between applicant’s profile and the job profile, the smaller are the scarring effects of unemployment. In sum, our findings contribute to the literature by revealing considerable heterogeneity in the scarring effects of unemployment. Our findings further suggest that the scarring effects of unemployment need to be studied with regard to country-specific institutional settings, the applicants’ previous education and employment experiences, and the job characteristics.

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“…A number of economic reforms in Europe have been linked, among other things, to increasing the flexibility of the labor market by making it easier for employers to use temporary employment contracts (Imdorf, Helbling, Inui, 2017). Fixed-term contracts have been introduced into the legal framework as a result of legislative changes in Spain, Italy, Germany and several other countries in the 1980s and during the 2000s.…”

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Temporary and part-time employment in the European labor market: factors, trends, features

Pritvorova¹

2020

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Object: The object of this article is to investigate factors of temporary and part-time employment emergence in Europe to determine country characteristics and trends in their development in the post-industrial economy conditions.Methods: For the purpose of the research we have used methods of statistical grouping, analysis of dynamics, structure and variation. Statistical analysis of the variation in temporary and part-time employment in European countries is based on the coefficient of variation. We have also used data from Eurostat and the European Social Survey (ESS).Results: We have identified features and both objective and subjective factors contributing to the emergence of non-standard employment forms. We have evaluated homogeneity of the population of European countries on studied non-standard employment types: both temporary and incomplete. Based on the results obtained, the prevalence of temporary and part-time employment in Europe was determined. Based on the rating of countries by the share of non-standard types of employment in the total employment of the population, we have identified leaders and outsiders of the said rating.Conclusions: Statistical analysis has shown growth in both temporary and part-time employment; this reflects one of the trends in the evolution of labor markets in European countries. High coefficient of variation values indicate heterogeneity of European countries in the share of temporary and part-time employment. Indeed, a number of countries enjoy a significant increase and a large coverage scale. And yet there are countries where the applicability of fixed-term and incomplete contracts is quite low, and even if it sees an increase, it is a very slight one. The main reasons for heterogeneity depend on the current economic situation and the level of production development in a particular country. They also lie in differences in the applicable legal acts and measures to protect the employee rights.

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Transition systems and non-standard employment in early career: comparing Japan and Switzerland

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

How unemployment scarring affects skilled young workers: evidence from a factorial survey of Swiss recruiters

Temporary and part-time employment in the European labor market: factors, trends, features

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