"This article examines if occupations contribute to social closure by their structural characteristics. For this purpose the four structural indicators occupational specificity, standardization by training regulation, voluntary certification by private educ-tional providers and representation by...

"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...

"In der Debatte über Integrationspolitik für Personen mit Migrationshintergrund kommt der Teilnahme am Arbeitsmarkt eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Der Einstieg über die duale Berufsausbildung stellt für Jugendliche allgemein - aber insbesondere für Migranten, die in den höheren...

"We analyse the role that education signals play in the transition rates from unemployment to finding a job. We compare the results for Ethnic Germans with those for foreigners from the same origin countries and Native Germans. In the first case, the two have the same labour market access but...