Gender differentiation in higher education. Educational specialization and labour market risks in Spain and Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Reimer, David; Steinmetz, Stephanie
Institution	Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung
Titel	Gender differentiation in higher education. Educational specialization and labour market risks in Spain and Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Geschlechterdifferenzierung in der Hochschulbildung. Bildungsspezialisierung und Arbeitsmarktrisiken in Spanien und Deutschland.
Quelle	Mannheim: Mannheimer Zentrum für Europ. Sozialforschung (2007), 40 S.; 503 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung. 99
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
ISSN	1437-8574
Schlagwörter	Frau; Frauenberuf; Bildungsabschluss; Segmentierung; Erwerbstätigkeit; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsmarktrisiko; Berufliche Stellung; Berufschance; Beschäftigung; Erwerbstätiger; Männerberuf; Hochschulbildung; Studienwahl; Hochschulsystem; Internationaler Vergleich; Angemessenheit; Arbeitspapier; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Institution; Deutschland; Spanien
Abstract	"The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between gender differentiation in tertiary education and labour market hazards. We analyze how differences between male and female tertiary graduates in the chosen degree level and field of study affect the likelihood to be unemployed or obtain a low status job. In order to learn about the role of institutional context, we compare Germany and Spain, two countries that differ with respect to horizontal (field of study) and vertical (degree level) segregation by gender as well as to the linkage between the education and labour market system. Using Labour Force Survey data from the year 2000, our results of logistic regression models as well as a non-linear decomposition technique generally confirm our expectation that the field of study explains a sizable portion of the gender gap in unemployment and low status jobs in both countries. Whereas the level of tertiary degree does not matter with respect to unemployment in either country, it explains part of the female disadvantage in holding a low status job in Spain. Moreover, our analyses show that women with a degree in a predominantly male field of study are not systematically disadvantaged compared to men. Finally, even though the role of the institutional context is hard to evaluate, it seems that, for the two selected countries, the horizontal and vertical gender segregation is more relevant in Spain than in Germany." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2000. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2007/4