This study provides novel insights into the institutional conditions under which skilled immigrants get hired for skilled jobs in different countries. We argue that immigrants’ hiring chances depend on the interplay between institutions in sending countries, which determine the type of...

In this article, we analyze individual factors and situational conditions under which immigrants are more or less likely to invest in host country-specific human capital. Theoretically, we root our expectations in a strand of the immigrant human capital investment model combined with a basic...

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht empirisch, wie Berufe individuelle Erwerbsverläufe strukturieren. Berufe werden hier als Institutionen verstanden, die Bildungssystem und Arbeitsmarkt miteinander verknüpfen und nach dem Grad ihrer Institutionalisierung variieren. Den theoretischen...

In dem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob Berufe durch ihre strukturellen Merkmale zu einer sozialen Schließung beitragen. Zu diesem Zweck wurden auf Basis der Berufsordnungen der KldB88 die vier Strukturindikatoren berufliche Spezifität, Standardisierung durch eine Ausbildungsvorschrift, freiwillige...

In this article, we analyze individual factors and situational conditions under which immigrants are more or less likely to invest in host country-specific human capital. Theoretically, we root our expectations in a strand of the immigrant human capital investment model combined with a basic...

"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...