Gender, Education and Employment An International Comparison of School-to-Work Transitions
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Biographical note
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Professor of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany, Jan Skopek, Associate Professor in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Moris Triventi, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento and Senior Researcher, Comparative Life Course and Inequality Research Centre, European University Institute, Italy and Sandra Buchholz, Professor of Sociology, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany‘Gender, Education and Employment: An International Comparison of School-to-Work Transitions <i>teaches us a tremendous amount about the state of gender inequalities at labor market entry across countries. Overall, the comprehensive research presented is relevant in both theoretical and applied contexts, and this text will appeal to students and experts in the fields of education, sociology, gender studies, social policy, political science, and economics.‘</i>
- Jaya Soni, International Social Science Review,
<i>‘The value of this book is the rich and highly informative account of variations regarding gender differences at labour market entry across different industrialized countries, and the use of longitudinal data. Hans-Peter Blossfeld and his first-class team bring to the fore how gender differences arise at the transition from school-to-work, and to what extent women are able to convert their educational attainment in labor market positions. Bringing together evidence from across countries, readers will come to understand the crucial role of institutional structures in shaping gender inequalities in life course transitions.’</i>
- Ingrid Schoon, UCL Institute of Education, UK,
<i>‘This volume provides essential reading for anyone interested in the relation between men and women in the labour market. By concentrating on the crucial transition from school to work in a large number of countries, the authors investigate to what extent the increased female advantage in education is converted into advantage in occupational attainment. By comparing countries, which differ in terms of educational and labour market organisation, the authors show how the opportunities of women and men vary - sometimes in unexpected ways.’</i>
- Robert Erikson, Stockholm University, Sweden,
<i>‘The degree to which women have seen occupational and economic returns to their rising educational attainment relative to men largely remains an open question. This volume is the first comprehensive and highly-coordinated research effort to address this question with state of the art data and methods for a broad range of industrialized countries.. . . Social scientists, policy makers, politicians, and students will all learn a great deal about the current state of gender inequalities at labor market entry across many countries and gain insights into what changes the future may bring.’</i>
- from the foreword by Claudia Buchmann, The Ohio State University, US,