Transitions to Professional Education in Switzerland: The Influence of Institutional Characteristics of the Swiss VET System

Authors

  • Fabian Sander University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland image/svg+xml
  • Irene Kriesi Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0031

Keywords:

professional education, educational transitions, human capital, training structures, vocational education and training

Abstract

Based on human capital and institutional theory, this article investigates whether transitions into professional education depend on institutional characteristics of the preceding initial vocational education and training program. The empirical analyses make use of the SLFS data. They show that vertically non­differentiated initial vocational education and training programs with high shares of vocational school and standardized final exams increase the probability to enter professional education.

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Issue 2

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Articles

Number

307334

Language

English

Published

2021-07-20

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