Matching Training and Jobs: The Fit Between Vocational Education and Employment in the German Labour Market

The expected well-being of urban refugees and asylum-seekers in Johannesburg

“…It was found that the employment of people with more years of education was negatively related to the expected well-being variable. This finding is counterintuitive, although it agrees with findings by Witte and Kalleberg (1995), which show that people are often employed outside their field of training. In this study, the negative relationship could possibly be explained by refugees and asylum-seekers often being severely under-employed; for example, a medical doctor is employed as a security guard.…”

Job Mismatches and their Labour-Market Effects among School-Leavers in Europe

“…Witte and Kalleberg (1995) mention two arguments to expect an increasing likelihood of having a job mismatch with age.…”

“…Workers are overeducated if the level of education they have acquired exceeds the level of education required to perform their job adequately. Far less attention is paid to job mismatches referring to the field of education obtained (exceptions are Witte and Kalleberg, 1995;Solga and Konietzka, 1999;Van de Werfhorst, 2001). Moreover, the minor attention to job mismatches with regard to field of education is based on empirical studies that consider only one single country.…”

Lehrbetriebsverbünde: Integration von benachteiligten Jugendlichen in ein neues Modell der dualen Berufsausbildung in der Schweiz

“…Erfolgreiche Absolvent/innen werden mit einem schweizweit anerkannten eidgenössischen Fähigkeitszeugnis (EFZ) oder Berufsattest (EBA) diplomiert (SBFI 2015, 4). Der Anteil Schulabgänger/innen, welche eine Berufsausbildung besuchen, ist in Deutschland ähnlich hoch, wobei der Anteil Abiturient/innen, welche einen beruflichen Ausbildungsabschluss anstreben, zugenommen hat (Lohmar und Eckhardt 2008, 103;Witte und Kalleberg 1995).…”