European patterns of labour market entry: A dichotomy of occupationalized vs. non-occupationalized systems?

By M. Gangl. European Societies: The Official Journal of the European Sociological Association, 2001

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Many recent comparative studies of school-to-work transitions have revolved around the notion of an institutional dichotomy of transition arrangements that distinguishes the occupational labour markets of countries exhibiting extensive systems of vocational training and apprenticeships from the organizational markets found in countries with less integrated education and employment systems. This study scrutinizes this idea by assessing the extent to which patterns of labour market entry in twelve European Union countries empirically conform to the expected dichotomy. Based on cluster and discriminant analyses, three rather than two typical patterns emerge from the analyses: first, the continental European countries running extensive vocational training systems; second, those Northern European countries lacking such systems, and finally, a homogeneous set of Southern European countries. While the first contrast is apparently broadly consistent with current institutionalist arguments about the impact of linkages between training systems and labour markets, the explanation for the deviation of the Southern European case is wanting. The results suggest both the need to incorporate additional institutional aspects into current transition research, but also stress the limitations of typological approaches in explaining cross-national differences in transition processes more generally.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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High-skilled outsiders? Labor market vulnerability, education and welfare state preferences (2015, background): “…as strong employment protection legislation and the importance of internal labor markets in the hiring process can exacerbate the labor market vulnerability of young adults (Gangl, 2001, 2003). iii Hence, young adults and women might experience labor market vulnerability despite high skill levels.”
The Only Way is Up? Employment Protection and Job Mobility among Recent Entrants to European Labour Markets (2003, background): “…transitions which has largely revolved around the role of education and training systems for youth labour market integration (cf. Allmendinger 1989; Müller and Shavit 1998; Shavit and Müller 2000a, 2000b; Kerckhoff 1995, 2000; Bills 1988; Breen et al. 1995; Hannan et al. 1999; Gangl 2001).”