Vocational education, tertiary education, and skill use across career stages.

Autor/inn/en	Schulz, Wiebke; Solga, Heike; Pollak, Reinhard
Titel	Vocational education, tertiary education, and skill use across career stages. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Berufliche Bildung, tertiäre Bildung und Nutzung von Qualifikationen in verschiedenen Karrierestufen.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 39 (2023) 5, S. 741-758Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcac074
Schlagwörter	Fertigkeit; Kognitive Kompetenz; Geistige Arbeit; Ausbildung; Qualifikationsverwertung; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Manuelle Arbeit; Hochschulabsolvent; Absolvent; NEPS (National Educational Panel Study); Deutschland
Abstract	"Vocational education enhances smooth transitions into the labour market. However, this initial advantage might vanish over the career and eventually turn into a disadvantage because the skills of vocationally trained workers become outdated faster. So far, research has examined this potential vocational trade-off by assessing labour market outcomes such as employment and income. This study uses a different approach, it directly examines how different types of skills used at work change over the career of vocationally trained workers compared to tertiary-educated workers, and how career events shape skill-use changes. With data from the German National Education Study (NEPS), we examine five skills use dimensions based on job-tasks measures: analytical, creative, managerial, interactive, and manual skills. We find that skill-use differentials between vocational and tertiary-educated workers are only small to modest. The clearest differences relate to analytical and manual skills. Looking across career stages, the observed skill-use differentials remain rather stable across career stages-thus, the vocational skill trade-off thesis is only partially supported. Occupational mobility and unemployment contribute to observable changes, whereas job-related further training does not. Our results challenge skill-based explanations of a vocational trade-off." The study refers to the period 2011-2016. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1