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Replication material: »Should I stay or should I go?« Prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth in the transition to vocational education and training in Germany

GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2548
Abstract: Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns. However, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual occupational orientations, (b) regional opportunity structures, and (c) social ties for the spatial mobility of youth in this early transition phase ... more
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Subject area: [Soziologie [=] Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung [=] Raumplanung und Regionalforschung]

Methodology

Geographic coverage: Germany / DE
Universe: Schüler*innen, die nach Verlassen des allgemeinbildenden Schulsystems ihre erste vollqualifizierende Berufsausbildung begonnen haben, NEPS Startkohorte 4
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal (cohort study/event-based)

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Hoffmann, Linda; Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung | Wicht, Alexandra; Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung/Universität Siegen
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.7802/2548
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2548
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

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Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2548

Reference publications

Publications: Linda Hoffmann & Alexandra Wicht (2023). »Should I stay or should I go?« Prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth in the transition to vocational education and training in Germany. Social Sciences 12(5), 277.

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