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Vocational Education and Employment: Explaining Cohort Variations in Life Course Patterns

Fabian KratzAlexander PatzinaCorinna KleinertHans Dietrich

出版	SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository, 2019
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qyEIzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Abstract: A stylized finding on returns to vocational education is that vocational compared to general education generates a differential life course pattern of employability: while vocational education guarantees smooth transitions into the labour market and thus generates initial advantages, these erode with increasing age, leading to late-life reversals in employment chances. We contribute to this research by assessing cohort variations in life-cycle patterns and distinguishing two explanations for late-life reversals in employment chances. The adaptability argument states that this phenomenon is due to the lower adaptability and occupational flexibility of those with vocational education. In contrast, the health argument states that vocational education leads to physically more demanding occupations, faster health deterioration, and, thus, lower employability in later life. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we employ non-parametric state probability analysis to assess coho