Based on the Linked-Employer-Employee data from the IAB (LIAB) we show how the horizontal occupational segregation of men and women in German establishments developed between 1996 and 2005. For this purpose we apply the dissimilarity index and the standardized dissimilarity index at the...

This research examines changes in job values of women and men from 1980 to 2000 using data from the ALLBUS. Here we address the question of whether gender differences in job values are of particular importance to explain sex segregation in the labour market. Our results suggest that men tend to...

Der Forschungsbericht basiert auf der Evaluation der Projekte 'Abschlussquote erhöhen - Berufsfähigkeit steigern 2' (AQB2) und 'Vertiefte Berufsorientierung und Praxisbegleitung' (VBOP). Die Modellprojekte stellen einen Versuch dar, die Übergangschancen benachteiligter Hauptschüler/innen zu...

The study reports comprehensively about further vocational training activities in the context of regular employment relationships in western and eastern Germany. In a comparative analysis of the participants in and the structure of further vocational training special emphasis is placed on a...

Career success has hitherto been conceptualized in ways that make its operationalization difficult to distinguish from other properties of the person, such as job satisfaction or remuneration. We argue that this is because these conventional operationalizations neglect the 'career' dimension of...

Mit einer zunehmend älter werdenden Erwerbsbevölkerung gewinnt der Zusammenhang von Arbeit und Arbeitsbelastungen mit individueller Gesundheit und Arbeitsfähigkeit vermehrt an öffentlichem Interesse. Die Studie lidA- leben in der Arbeit untersucht eben diesen Zusammenhang, beispielhaft für...

This study uses the Swiss Graduate Survey data to investigate the determinants of job-education mismatch and the associated consequences on earnings while controlling for various ability and motivation factors, as well as socio-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The...