An Unfinished Job? The Effect of Subject Choice and Family Formation Processes on Labour Market Outcomes of Young Men and Women

Autor/inn/en	Duquet, Nils; Glorieux, Ignace; Laurijssen, Ilse; Van Dorsselaer, Yolis
Titel	An Unfinished Job? The Effect of Subject Choice and Family Formation Processes on Labour Market Outcomes of Young Men and Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 23 (2010) 4, S.319-338 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Females; Educational Attainment; Labor Market; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Regression (Statistics); Longitudinal Studies; Outcomes of Education; Education Work Relationship; Course Selection (Students); Family (Sociological Unit); Family Structure; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Familie; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Belgien
Abstract	Despite their generally higher educational attainment, young women are characterised by lower labour market positions than men in Belgium. Using regression and decomposition analyses on data from the longitudinal SONAR survey on the transition from school to work, we examine to what extent subject choice and processes of family formation can explain the gender differences on labour market positions at the age of 26 (N = 2060). We find that both subject choice and family formation influence labour market outcomes and that these factors can partially explain the gender gap. Both factors, however, differ in their interaction with gender. While subject choice has a similar effect for both men and women, family formation has a negative impact on the labour market position of women only. (Contains 3 tables and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10