Berufseinstiegsverläufe ‒ Eine vergleichende Untersuchung: Berufliche Integration nach vollzeitschulischen, dualen, fachhochschulischen und universitären Berufsabschlüssen

A crucial transition in life course is the career start after completion of an apprenticeship or studies. However, this transition is not always successful. Looking at the occupational integration of career entries, about one-third of career paths in the first three years after graduation (2006 to 2008) are precarious and almost 4 percent are “decoupled” (Castel), apart from those paths that are characterized by further education, training, parental leave or other phases. A comparison of different degrees reveals significantly higher shares of low income and decoupling in full-time school-based training. University degrees are particularly affected by temporary employment. The career entriy paths after a dual degree correspond relatively closely to the average. However, if the educational attainment is taken into account, hardly any higher integration shares are found in the career entry trajectories than after vocational education and training. The region is insignificant for academic degrees, but after dual vocational education and training, the trajectories in eastern Germany are less integrated, more decoupled and more affected by low income.