Vocational training and career employment precariousness in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-30

  Korpi, Tomas ^a   De Graaf, Paul ^b   Hendrickx, John ^c   Layte, Richard ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Human capital; Industrial restructuring; Life course; School to work; Skills; Unemployment; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037357409     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699303046001002     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Allmendinger, J. (1989) Career Mobility Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, Norway, and West Germany. Berlin: Max Planck Institute for Human Education and Development.
2. Arrow, K. J. (1973) 'Higher Education as a Filter', Journal of Public Economics 2: 193-216.
3. Ashton, D. (1997) 'Labour Market Approaches to the Study of the Relationship between Education and (Un)Employment in the United Kingdom'. In A. Jobert, C. Marry, L. Tanguy and H. Rainbird (eds) Education and Work in Great Britain, Germany and Italy, pp. 143-59, London: Routledge.
4. Becker, G. (1964) Human Capital. New York: Columbia University Press.
5. CEDEFOP (1991) Structures of the Education and Initial Training Systems in the Member States of the European Community, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
6. CEDEFOP (1998) Training for a Changing Society: A Report on Current Vocational Education and Training Research in Europe 1998. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
7. Elias, P., Herneas, E. and Baker, M. (1994) 'Vocational Education and Training In Britain and Norway', In Lisa M. Lynch (ed.) Training and the Private Sector: International Comparisons, pp. 283-99, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
8. Gallie, D. and Paugam, S. (2000) Welfare Regimes and the Experience of Unemployment in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Gallie, D., White, M., Yuan Cheng and Tomlinson, M. (1998) Restructuring the Employment Relationship. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
10. Harhoff, D. and Kane, T. J. (1997) 'Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the U.S. Labor Market?', Journal of Population Economics 10: 171-96.
11. Heckman. J. J. (1994) 'Is Job Training Oversold?', in The Public Interest, 115: 91-115.
12. Jonsson, J. O. and Mills, C. (2001) Cradle to Grave: Life-Course Change in Modern Sweden. Durham: Sociology Press.
13. Kalmijn, M., Bernasco, W. and Weesie, J. (1996) Codebook Household in the Netherlands 1995. Utrecht: ICS Data-Archive.
14. Müller, W. and Shavit, Y. (1998) 'The Institutional Embeddedness of the Stratification Process: A Comparative Study of Qualifications and Occupations In Thirteen Countries', In W. Müller and Y. Shavit (eds) From School to Work: A Comparative Study of Educational Qualifications and Occupational Destinations, pp. 1-48. Oxford: Clarendon.
15. Müller, W. Lüttinger, P., König, W. and Karle, W. (1989) 'Class and Education in Industrialised Nations', International Journal of Sociology 19(3): 39.
16. Ni Cheallaigh (1995) Apprenticeships in the EU Member States: A Comparison. Berlin: CEDEFOP.
17. OECD (1994) The OECD Jobs Study: Evidence and Explanations, Paris: OECD Publications.
18. OECD (1999) Preparing Youth for the 21st Century: The Transition from Education to the Labour Market, Paris: OECD.
19. Rosenbaum, J. E., Kariya, T., Settersten, T. and Maier, T. (1990) 'Market and Network Theories of the Transition from High School to Work: Their Application to Industrialized Societies', Annual Review of Sociology: 263-99.
20. Ryan, P. (1998) 'Is Apprenticeship Better? A Review of the Economic Evidence', Journal of Vocational Education and Training 50: 289-325.
21. Ryan, P. (2001) 'The School-to-Work Transition: A Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Economic Literature 39: 34-92.
22. Sidebäck, G. and Stenberg, S.-A. (1997) Codebook for the Longitudinal Study among Unemployed. Stockholm: Swedish Institute for Social Research.
23. Soskice, D. (1991) The Institutional Infrastructure of International Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of UK and Germany', In A. B. Atkinson and R. Brunetta (eds) Economics for the New Europe, pp. 45-66, London: Macmillan.
24. Soskice, D. (1994) 'Reconciling Markets and Institutions: The German Apprenticeship System', in L. M. Lynch (ed.) Training and the Private Sector: International Comparisons, pp. 25-60. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
25. Thurow, L. (1975) Generating Inequality: Mechanisms of Distribution in the U.S. Economy. New York: Basic Books.
26. Thurow, L. (1992) Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle among Japan, Europe, and America. New York: Morrow.
27. Winkelmann, R. (1996a) 'Employment Prospects and Skill Acquisition of Apprenticeship-Trained Workers in Germany', Industrial and Labor Relations Review 49: 658-72.
28. Winkelmann, R. (1996b) 'Training. Earnings and Mobility in Germany', Konjunkturpolitik 42: 1-24.