Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The transition from school to work : a European perspective / Walter Müller and Markus Gangl
  • The structure of school-to-work transitions in Europe
  • 2. Educational attainment in the European Union : recent trends in qualification patterns / Walter Müller and Maarten H.J. Wolbers
  • 3. Young people and new entrants in European labour markets : the timing of gradual integration / Thomas Couppié and Michèle Mansuy
  • 4. The structure of labour market entry in Europe : a typological analysis / Markus Gangl
  • The determinants of transition processes
  • 5. Learning and working : double statuses in youth transitions / Maarten H.J. Wolbers
  • 6. Returns to education in context : individual education and transition outcomes in European labour markets / Markus Gangl.
  • 7. The integration of young people into the labour market : the role of training systems and labour market regulation / Rolf K.W. van der Velden and Maarten H.J. Wolbers
  • 8. Transition pathways in Italy and Spain : different patterns, similar vulnerability? / Cristina Iannelli and Asunción Soro-Bonmatí
  • 9. Explaining change in early career outcomes : labour market conditions, educational expansion, and youth cohort sizes / Markus Gangl
  • 10. Conclusions : explaining cross-national differences in school-to-work transitions / Markus Gangl, Walter Müller, and David Raffe
  • Methodological appendix : Using the European labour force survey for transition research / Markus Gangl
  • References
  • Name index
  • Subject index.