1. Introduction -- Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories (Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Gwendolin J. Blossfeld and Sabine Weinert).- Part I. Competence and Skill Development: Individual Characteristics, Learning Environments, and Contextual Factors. 2. Quality of Early Learning Environments: Measures, Validation, and Effects on Child Development (Sabine Weinert, Manja Attig, Anja Linberg, Franziska Vogel and Hans-Günther Rossbach).- 3. The Emergence of Gender-Specific Competence Patterns and Decision Making During the Course of Educational and Job Careers in Germany (Loreen Beier, Alessandra Minello, Wilfred Uunk, Magdalena Pratter, Gordey Yastrebov and Hans-Peter Blossfeld).- 4. Patterns and Predictors of Literacy and Numeracy Development During Adulthood: Insights From Two Longitudinal Assessment Surveys (Clemens M. Lechner).- 5. The Interplay Between Instructional Pace, Skill Externalities, and Student Achievement: An Empirical Assessment (David Kiss).- 6. Addressing Environmental and Individual Factors in Early Secondary School: The Roles of Instruction Techniques and Self-Perception (Jeffrey M. DeVries, Carsten Szardenings, Philipp Doebler and Markus Gebhardt).- 7. An Illustration of Local Structural Equation Modeling for Longitudinal Data: Examining Differences in Competence Development in Secondary Schools (Gabriel Olaru, Alexander Robitzsch, Andrea Hildebrandt and Ulrich Schroeders).- Part II. Educational Transitions and Pathways: Influencing Factors and Outcomes. 8. Inequality in Educational Transitions During Secondary School: Results From the German National Educational Panel Study (Florian Wohlkinger and Hartmut Ditton).- 9. lternative Routes to Higher Education Eligibility: Inclusion, Diversion, and Social Inequality on the Way to Higher Education (Steffen Schindler and Felix Bittmann).- 10. Dropping Out of Higher Education in Germany: Using Retrospective Life Course Data to DetermineDropout Rates and Destinations of Non-Completers (Nicole Tieben).- 11. Studying Influences of Socio-Economic Contexts and Spatial Effects on Educational Careers (Steffen Hillmert, Andreas Hartung and Katarina Weßling).- Part III. Vocational Training and Labour Market. 12. Low-Achieving School Leavers in Germany - Who Are They and Where Do They Go? (Anne Christine Holtmann, Laura Menze and Heike Solga).- 13. Occupational Sex Segregation and its Consequences for the (Re-)Production of Gender Inequalities in the German Labour Market (Corinna Kleinert, Kathrin Leuze, Ann-Christin Bächmann, Dörthe Gatermann, Anna Erika Hägglund and Kai Rompczyk).- 14. Employment-Related Further Training in a Dynamic Labour Market (Silke Anger, Pascal Heß, Simon Janssen and Ute Leber).- 15. Regional Factors as Determinants of Employees’ Training Participation (Katja Görlitz, Sylvi Rzepka and Marcus Tamm).- Part IV. Individuals With Migration Background. 16. Is the First Language a Resource, an Obstacle or Irrelevant for Language Minority Students’ Education? (Aileen Edele, Julian Seuring, Kristin Schotte, Cornelia Kristen and Petra Stanat).- 17. Ethnic differences in social capital mobilization at the transition to vocational training in Germany (Tobias Roth and Markus Weißmann).- 18. Gendered occupational aspirations: A comparison of young native-born and Turkish minority women (Manuel Siegert, Tobias Roth and Irena Kogan).
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