Skip Navigation


European Sociological Review Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2005
European Sociological Review 2005 21(5):427-440; doi:10.1093/esr/jci029
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
21/5/427    most recent
jci029v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (2)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Scherer, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

Patterns of Labour Market Entry – Long Wait or Career Instability? An Empirical Comparison of Italy, Great Britain and West Germany

Stefani Scherer

Stefani Scherer, Università Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, I-20126 Milano, Italia. E-mail: stefani.scherer{at}unimib.it

Current discussion in Europe focuses closely on (partial) labour market de-regulation as a means to combat constantly high (youth) unemployment. The paper argues that this perspective is too narrow and fails to account for existing national institutional differences. It suggests that the focus should instead be on a combination of different institutional settings, rather than on single aspects. This general issue is approached by investigating the labour market entry process and its determinants in three European countries: West Germany, Italy and Great Britain. These countries differ substantially in their combinations of relevant institutional aspects: labour market regulation, and the education and training systems. Consequently, they display three distinct patterns of labour market entry. Great Britain is characterised by rapid but rather unstable market entry, whilst market entry in Germany is also rapid but relatively stable. The main problems exist in Italy, where first job searches are very protracted. However, once jobs have been found, they are rather stable. Despite substantial deregulation efforts in Italy over the past decade, this situation has changed little.

Manuscript received: February 1, 2005.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur Sociol RevHome page
M. Gebel
Fixed-Term Contracts at Labour Market Entry in West Germany: Implications for Job Search and First Job Quality
Eur. Sociol. Rev., December 1, 2009; 25(6): 661 - 675.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Acta SociologicaHome page
M. H. J. Wolbers
Patterns of Labour Market Entry: A Comparative Perspective on School-to-Work Transitions in 11 European Countries
Acta Sociologica, September 1, 2007; 50(3): 189 - 210.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur Sociol RevHome page
C. Brzinsky-Fay
Lost in Transition? Labour Market Entry Sequences of School Leavers in Europe
Eur. Sociol. Rev., September 1, 2007; 23(4): 409 - 422.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.