TY - BOOK ID - 5248767 TI - From education to work : cross-national perspectives PY - 1999 SN - 0521594197 0521081653 051152787X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Young adults KW - School-to-work transition KW - Jeunes adultes KW - Transition école-travail KW - Longitudinal studies KW - Congresses. KW - Employment KW - Etudes longitudinales KW - Congrès KW - Travail KW - Arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie KW - sociopsychologie van het bedrijfsleven KW - sociopsychologie van het bedrijfsleven. KW - Transition école-travail KW - Congrès KW - Health Sciences KW - Psychiatry & Psychology KW - Young people KW - Young persons KW - Adulthood KW - Youth KW - School-to-careers programs KW - School-to-work programs KW - Transition, School-to-work KW - Career education KW - Education, Cooperative UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5248767 AB - Structural transformations in the international economy and the restructuring of work have made the transition from education to employment increasingly problematic. School-to-work pathways have become more socially segmented and the risk of under-employment and joblessness has increased for both vocationally and academically educated youth. Continuous passages have become less common and have given way to multiple entries and exits between schooling and working, under-employment, unemployment and domestic work. This edited volume of empirical studies is based on a series of comparable longitudinal research projects which draw on survey and biographical data from important players in the international economy, the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Germany. The studies document that social and gender inequality is a persistent structural feature that restricts the possibilities to take advantage of educational opportunities and career options. Furthermore, different institutional arrangements are shown to play a crucial role in distributing transition opportunities in a more equal way. ER -