From Higher Education to Work: Public and Professional Sector Employment in Germany and Britain

Autor/in	Leuze, Kathrin
Titel	From Higher Education to Work: Public and Professional Sector Employment in Germany and Britain
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 5 (2010) 4, S.344-365 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.2304/rcie.2010.5.4.344
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Employment Patterns; College Graduates; Foreign Countries; Public Sector; Comparative Analysis; Professional Services; Labor Market; Education Work Relationship; Cross Cultural Studies; Occupational Mobility; Private Sector; Germany; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; Öffentlicher Sektor; Berufsbegleitender Dienst; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Berufliche Mobilität; Privater Sektor; Deutschland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Comparative analysis of the transition from higher education to work often focuses on cross-national variations of higher education systems to explain country-specific mobility patterns of higher education graduates. The structure of graduate labour markets, however, has received less attention, despite differences across countries. Variations in the structure of public services and the professions are particularly pronounced. This article, therefore, analyses graduate employment patterns in professional and public sector jobs. It develops an explanatory framework based on the concept of internal labour markets and asks whether country-specific degrees of "social closure" in the public and professional sector influence individual transitions from higher education to work. To answer this question, the study looks at two countries that vary strongly in their institutional organisation of public and professional services--namely, Britain and Germany. Empirically, the transition to public and professional sector employment is studied, as well as between-sector career mobility of higher education graduates. Results indicate that public and professional sector employment is more common in Germany, while further career mobility between these sectors is higher in Britain. (Contains 6 notes, 3 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10