Our study focuses on the gender gap in college aspirations and enrolment among high school students in Germany. We build on socialisation theory, rational choice theory, and formal restrictions to college access to explain gender differences in idealistic college aspirations, realistic college...

This paper examines the effect of an intensive counseling program to promote university access among students who are eligible for university. Using data from the experimental panel study ZuBAb, we examine the average effect on university enrollment directly after high school graduation and the...

Langfristig angelegte Beratungsprogramme bringen mehr junge Menschen ohne akademischen Hintergrund an die Universitäten. Umgekehrt nehmen Studienberechtigte mit akademischem Hintergrund nach diesen Programmen häufiger eine Ausbildung auf. Sie verringern damit nicht nur soziale Ungleichheit,...

Warum scheitern so viele Jugendliche am Schulabschluss? Wie beeinflussen Freunde, Lehrer, Eltern die Lernentwicklung? Wie viel bringt Weiterbildung den Berufstätigen wirklich? Um solche Fragen fundiert beantworten zu können, startet jetzt das Nationale Bildungspanel, für das in den kommenden...

Occupational sex segregation is a persistent source of social inequalities. The increasing participation of women in tertiary education and rising female employment rates, however, have given hope that gender inequalities will decline as a result of growing female opportunities for high skill...

Occupational sex segregation is a persistent source of social inequalities. The increasing participation of women in tertiary education and rising female employment rates, however, have given hope that gender inequalities will decline as a result of growing female opportunities for high skill...

Kathrin Leuze, Alessandra Rusconi Should I Stay or Should I Go? Gender Differences in Professional Employment Discussion Paper SPI 2009-501 January 2009 Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) Research...

Occupational sex segregation is a persistent source of social inequalities. The increasing participation of women in tertiary education and rising female employment rates, however, have given hope that gender inequalities will decline as a result of growing female opportunities for high skill...