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What Happened to the PISA 2000 Participants Five Years Later?

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Bertschy, Kathrin
Cattaneo, M. Alejandra
Wolter, Stefan C.

Abstract / Description

The transition from school-to-work has been a burning issue in most countries for the last decades. So far research on this topic has not been conclusive, and it is still not clear whether transition problems are just individual, linked to the type of education followed at upper-secondary level, or just a prolongation of problems arising from poor school performance during compulsory education. This paper uses a unique Swiss longitudinal dataset, which includes information on PISA 2000 scores and the pathways chosen after completing compulsory school. Descriptive results show that students in vocational training, who obtained lower PISA results, are significantly more likely to be in an inadequate employment situation two years after finishing vocational training. Further analysis shows, however, that it is the type of vocational training followed at upper-secondary level that is decisive for the success in the transition. Nevertheless, individual PISA scores have an indirect impact on the transition results, as they are an important factor explaining which pupils are more likely to get into an intellectually demanding vocational training and which ones are not.

Keyword(s)

Übergang Berufsausbildung PISA PISA transition vocational training

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Date of first publication

2008

Is part of series

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3323

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bertschy, Kathrin
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Cattaneo, M. Alejandra
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wolter, Stefan C.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:03:15Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-02
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:08Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:03:15Z
  • Date of first publication
    2008
  • Abstract / Description
    The transition from school-to-work has been a burning issue in most countries for the last decades. So far research on this topic has not been conclusive, and it is still not clear whether transition problems are just individual, linked to the type of education followed at upper-secondary level, or just a prolongation of problems arising from poor school performance during compulsory education. This paper uses a unique Swiss longitudinal dataset, which includes information on PISA 2000 scores and the pathways chosen after completing compulsory school. Descriptive results show that students in vocational training, who obtained lower PISA results, are significantly more likely to be in an inadequate employment situation two years after finishing vocational training. Further analysis shows, however, that it is the type of vocational training followed at upper-secondary level that is decisive for the success in the transition. Nevertheless, individual PISA scores have an indirect impact on the transition results, as they are an important factor explaining which pupils are more likely to get into an intellectually demanding vocational training and which ones are not.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16117
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1074
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8985
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 3323
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3323
  • Keyword(s)
    Übergang
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Berufsausbildung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    PISA
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    PISA
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    transition
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    vocational training
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    What Happened to the PISA 2000 Participants Five Years Later?
    en
  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok