Distorted opportunities on the labor market for trainees. Studies on the discrimination against foreign and/or female adolescents looking for vocational training positions in Switzerland

Haeberlin, U., Imdorf, C. and Kronig, W. (2005) Distorted opportunities on the labor market for trainees. Studies on the discrimination against foreign and/or female adolescents looking for vocational training positions in Switzerland. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 51(1), pp. 116-134.

Abstract

On the basis of the well substantiated postulate of systematic inequality during the obligatory time of schooling, consequences for subsequent vocational training are to be expected in two sectors, in particular: on the one hand, the forced cooling down of the vocational aspirations of the affected adolescents themselves; on the other hand, an aggravated entry into the market for trainee poisitions. A study carried out among 1038 adolescents documents these consequences among different groups of students. Furthermore, differences in symbolic credits and between the available social resources are shown to have a strong impact on the structure of the transition into vocational life

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Discrimination, Education, Labor Market, Research, Switzerland, Training
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Imdorf, Dr Christian
• Authors: Haeberlin, U., Imdorf, C., and Kronig, W.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik
• ISSN: 0044-3247