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Incisive and forward-thinking in its approach, this prescient book investigates the conditions of the often unstable school-to-work transition (SWT) period, calling for an improvement in labour market entry processes in order to facilitate the smooth integration of school leavers into employment.School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective captures the complex nature of SWTs by proposing and evaluating a new set of metrics which can act as a composite indicator of early employment security. Case studies in the form of biographies from individuals who have experienced turbulent transitions are then analysed in order to outline potential lessons from these lived experiences. Through detailed multi-disciplinary study, the book delivers a cross-country comparative assessment of the SWT period, providing new insights into the complex and dynamic nature of this transition process. It further examines what models of SWT are present in post-socialist countries, with a specific focus on Central and Eastern European states.This compelling book will be an important read for students, academics and researchers in the fields of sociology and social policy, labour policy, welfare states, education and economics. Its presentation of new measures through which to evaluate the SWT period will also greatly benefit professionals and practitioners working in education, labour policy and welfare states.
Edited by Dominik Buttler, Maciej Ławrynowicz and Piotr Michoń, Associate Professors, Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland
Contents:1 Introduction to School-to-Work Transition in ComparativePerspective 1Dominik Buttler, Maciej Ławrynowicz, Piotr MichońPART I NEW INDICES IN SCHOOL-TO-WORKTRANSITION RESEARCH2 Constructing a composite indicator of early employmentsecurity 9Maria Symeonaki, Glykeria Stamatopoulou and DimitrisParsanoglou3 Employment quality of young workers in Europe and itsdeterminants 38Dominik ButtlerPART II DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OFTURBULENT TRANSITIONS4 Learning from precarious trajectories: portraits of youngadults in four European countries 65Margherita Bussi, Ondřej Hora, Maciej Ławrynowicz andMi Ah Schoyen5 Recruiters’ valuation of young people’s employmentinsecurities in Bulgaria and Switzerland: making sense ofjob-hopping and unemployment in the hiring process 89Christian Imdorf, Matthias Pohlig, Lysann Zander6 Do the interactions with employment services andother institutions facilitate school-to-work transitions?Experiences of young people in Bulgaria, Czechia andPoland 122Tom‡š Sirov‡tka, Ondřej Hora, Veneta Krasteva andMaciej ŁawrynowiczPART III TOWARDS A NEW TYPOLOGY OFTRANSITION REGIMES. THE CASE OFPOST-SOCIALIST COUNTRIES7 School-to-work transition regimes in post-socialistcountries: an introduction 157Irene Dingeldey and Dominik Buttler8 School-to-work transition in Czechia: integration ofa majority, marginalization of some 175Ondřej Hora, MarkŽta Hor‡kov‡ and Tom‡š Sirov‡tka9 School-to-work transition in Bulgaria: smooth for some,precarious for many 202Veneta Krasteva10 School-to-work transition in Latvia: Many paths, fewpathbreakers 228Olga Rajevska, Anna Broka, Ilona Gehtmane-Hofmane11 School-to-work transition in Poland: a false reality ofnumbers 260Piotr Michoń12 Transition from education to work in Bulgaria, Czechia,Latvia and Poland: a comparative summary 289Piotr Michoń13 Conclusions on school-to-work transition in comparativeperspective 304Dominik Buttler, Maciej Ławrynowicz, Piotr MichońIndex
‘This highly original and innovative book covers issues and groups of countries that have rarely been dealt with in cross-national research. The editors and contributors combine quantitative and qualitative data in a way that enriches our understanding of young peoples’ trajectories, employment quality, job insecurity, job entry and the role of welfare systems. This book is a significant contribution to the field.’