Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Allmendinger, J. (1989a). Career mobility dynamics: A general comparative analysis of the United States, Norway, and West Germany. Berlin: Max-Planck Institut fur Bildungsforschung.
Allmendinger, J. (1989b). Educational systems and labor market outcomes. European Sociological Review, 5, 231–250.
Archer, M. (1979). Social origins of educational systems. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Arum, R., & Hout, M. (1998). The early returns: The transition from school to work in the United States. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp. 471–510). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Coleman, J. S. (1984). The transition from school to work. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 3, 27–59.
Coleman, J. S., Blum, Z. D., S0rensen, A. B., & Rossi, P. H. (1972). White and black careers during the first decade of labor force experience. Part I: Occupational status. Social Science Research, 1, 243–270.
De Graaf, P. M., & Ultee, W. C. (1998). Education and early occupation in the Netherlands around 1990: Categorical and continuous scales and the details of a relationship. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp. 337–367). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Erikson, R., Goldthorpe, J. H., & Portocarero, L. (1979). Intergenerational class mobility in three European societies. British Journal of Sociology, 30, 415–441.
Erikson, R., & Jonsson, J. O. (1998). Allocation processes in the Swedish labour market. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp.369–406). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Furlong, A. (1992). Growing up in a classless society? School to work transitions. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press.
Granovetter, M. (1974). Getting a job. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Haller, M., König, K., Krause, P., & Kurz, K. (1985). Patterns of career mobility and structural positions in advanced capitalist societies: A comparison of men and women in Austria, France and the United States. American Sociological Review, 50, 579–603.
Heath, A., & Cheung, S.Y. (1998). Education and occupation in Britain. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp. 71–101). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Ishida, H., Müller, W., & Ridge, J. M. (1995). Class origin, class destination and education: A cross-national study of ten industrial nations. American Journal of Sociology, 101, 145–193.
Jacobs, J. A., & Lim, S. (1992) Trends in occupational and industrial sex segregation in fifty-six countries, 1960–80. Work and Occupations, 19, 450–486.
Kaestle, C. (1983). Pillars of the republic: Common schools and American society, 1780–1960. New York: Hill & Wang.
Kerckhoff, A. C. (1990). Educational pathways to early career mobility in Great Britain. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 9, 131–157.
Kerckhoff, A. C. (1995). Institutional arrangements and stratification processes in industrial societies. Annual Review of Sociology, 21, 323–347.
Kerckhoff, A. C., Fogelman, K., Crook, D., & Reeder, D. (1996). Going comprehensive in England and Wales: A study of uneven change. London: The Woburn Press.
Kerckhoff, A. C., Fogelman, K., & Manlove, J. (1997). Staying ahead: The middle class and school reform in England and Wales. Sociology of Education, 70, 19–35.
König, W., & Müller, W. (1986). Educational systems and labour markets as determinants of worklife mobility in France and West Germany: A comparison of men’s career mobility, 1965–1970. European Sociological Review, 2, 73–96.
Lewis, H. D. (1985). The French education system. New York: St.Martin’s Press.
Light, A. (1995). The effects of interrupted schooling on wages. Journal of Human Resources, 30, 472–502.
Maurice, M., Sellier, F., & Silvestre, J.-J. (1986). The social foundations of industrial power: A comparison of France and Germany. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Mayer, K. U., & Carroll, G. R. (1987). Jobs and classes: Structural constraints on career mobility. European Sociological Review, 3, 14–38.
Müller, W. (1986) Women’s labor force participation over the life course: A model case of social change. In P. B. Baltes, D. L. Featherman, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Life-span development and behavior (Vol.7, pp. 43–68. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawerence Erlbaum Associates.
Müller, W., Lüttinger, P., König, W., & Karle, W. (1989). Class and education in industrial nations. International Journal of Sociology, 19, 3–39.
Müller, W., & Shavit, Y. (1998). The institutional embededness of the stratification process: A comparative study of qualifications and occupations in thirteen countries. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp. 1–48). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Müller, W., Steinmann, S., & Ell, R. (1998). Education and labour market entry in Germany. In Y. Shavit & W. Müller (Eds.), From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations (pp. 143–188). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Oakes, J. (1985). Keeping track: How schools structure inequality. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (1996). Education at a glance: OECD indicators. Paris: Center for Educational Research and Innovation.
Ringer, F. (1979). Education and society in modern Europe. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Rosenbaum, J. E., Kariya, T., Settersten, R., & Maier, T. (1990). Market and network theories of the transition from high school to work: Their application to industrialized societies. Annual Review of Sociology, 16, 263–299.
Rubinson, R. (1986). Class formation, politics, and institutions: Schooling in the United States. American Journal of Sociology, 92, 515–548.
Shavit, Y., & Müller, W. (1998). From school to work: A comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
Sørensen, A. B. (1975). The structure of intragenerational mobility. American Sociological Review, 40, 456–471.
Sørensen, A. B., & Blossfeld, H.-P. (1989). Socioeconomic opportunities in Germany in the post-war period. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 1, 67–94.
Spence, A. M. (1974). Market signalling: Information transfer in hiring and related processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Spilerman, S. (1977). Careers, labor market structure, and socioeconomic achievement. American Journal of Sociology, 83, 551–593.
Spring, J. (1976). The sorting machine. New York: David McKay.
Stevenson, D. L., & Baker, D. P. (1991). State control of the curriculum and classroom instruction. Sociology of Education, 64, 1–10.
Treiman, D.J., & Yip, K.-B. (1989). Educational and occupational attainment in 21 countries. In M. L. Kohn (Ed.), Cross-national research in sociology (pp.373–394). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Turner, R. H. (1960). Sponsored and contest mobility and the school system. American Sociological Review, 25, 334–352.
Tyack, D. (1974). The one best system: A history of American urban education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Vanfossen, B., Jones, J., & Spade, J. (1987). Curriculum tracking and status maintenance. Sociology of Education, 60, 104–122.
Winfield, I., Campbell, R. T., Kerckhoff, A. C., Everett, D. D., & Trott, J. M. (1989). Career processes in Great Britain and the United States. Social Forces, 68, 284–308.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kerckhoff, A.C. (2000). Transition from School to Work in Comparative Perspective. In: Hallinan, M.T. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Education. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_21
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_21
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-32517-0
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-36424-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive