Differentiation in secondary education and inequality in educational opportunities: The case of Switzerland

Abstract

Swiss secondary education is subdivided into lower and upper secondary schooling each composed of several selective tracks. Compulsory education

TREE (Transitions from Education to Employment): A Swiss multi-cohort survey

“…In addition, international comparative research could be further developed to study the impact of economic, institutional or social policy as well as other contexts on individual life courses (see, e.g. Buchmann, Kriesi, Koomen, Imdorf & Basler, 2016;Imdorf, Helbling & Inui, forthcoming;Imdorf & Hupka-Brunner, 2015;Kamanzi, Guégnard, Imdorf, Koomen & Murdoch, 2014;Murdoch, Guégnard, Griga, Koomen & Imdorf, 2016;Murdoch et al, 2017;Picot & Hou, 2013). To date, around 270 researchers and students from national and international institutions across a multitude of disciplines have been working with the TREE1 data.…”

“…To date, around 270 researchers and students from national and international institutions across a multitude of disciplines have been working with the TREE1 data. Their analyses have led to over 200 publications that address a wide range of issues such as educational inequality (Buchmann et al, 2016), gendered education and labour market pathways (Imdorf & Hupka-Brunner, 2015), the particular role that VET plays for labour market entry in Switzerland (Müller & Schweri, 2015;Helbling & Sacchi, 2014), the impact of discontinuous pathways on later education and labour market outcomes (Sacchi & Meyer, 2016) and the scarring effect of precarious employment at labour market entry on occupational careers of young workers (Buchs & Helbling, 2016;Helbling & Sacchi, 2014;Helbling, 2017).…”

Understanding discrimination in hiring apprentices: how training companies use ethnicity to avoid organisational trouble

“…3 'Foreign' students face reduced chances to access apprenticeships compared to native applicants even if they leave compulsory school with comparable academic achievements (Beicht 2015;Buchmann et al 2016). A recent correspondence study in Germany shows that training companies do less often respond to application letters from youth with Turkish family names than to letters from youth with German names (Schneider, Yemane, and Weinmann 2014).…”

Horizontal Differentiation Matters: Moderating Influence of the Type of Upper Secondary Education on Students’ Transitions

“…The analysis shows a considerable variation in graduates' patterns of transition according to the type of secondary education and that the type of secondary education programme moderates the effect of the academic achievement and of students' socioeconomic background on students' patterns of transition.However, in our view, when studying the influence of horizontal differentiation on young people's pathways, it is necessary to take into account its various dimensions, such as types of institutions, status/prestige of institutions, place of study, programme orientation. Thus, a study carried out within the framework of the eduLIFE project argue for "a more refined concept of upper secondary tracking that distinguishes VET programmes with low and high academic requirements, specialized schools, and baccalaureate schools" (Buchmann et al, 2016).…”