Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria

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  • Christian Imdorf
  • Petya Ilieva‐trichkova
  • Rumiana Stoilova
  • Pepka Boyadjieva
  • Alexander Gerganov

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  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer233
FachzeitschriftEducation Sciences
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer4
Frühes Online-Datum23 März 2022
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2022

Abstract

Bulgaria’s educational and economic landscapes are marked by substantial regional disparities that are interlaced with ethnic inequalities in school-to-work transitions. Young adults from Roma and Turkish origins particularly suffer from disadvantages with respect to education and labour market participation. We ask how ethnicity affects labour market entry in Bulgaria once educational resources of different ethnic groups are accounted for, and how regional contexts impact ethnic disparities in employment insecurities. Building on comparative school-to-work transition (STWT) concepts and on the labour queueing approach, we assume that ethnic disparities in the STWTs of youths in Bulgaria depend on the degree of urbanisation and the strength and structure of the regional economy. The study draws on data from the Bulgarian School Leaver Survey 2014 of 2103 young adults who had left education in the five years preceding the survey. Descriptive analysis and multilevel logistic regression models were applied to analyse STWT patterns with a special focus on education, regional contexts, and ethnicity. The results highlight that STWT risks differ considerably across the Bulgarian regions. The strength of the local economy thereby moderates ethnic disparities. Young people from Roma and Turkish origins are much less disadvantaged to transition towards employment compared to ethnic Bulgarians the stronger the local economy gets. Our study has several policy implications. In addition to the development of public and private employment opportunities for disadvantaged young people, special attention should also be paid to the development of quality vocational education at the national and regional level.

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Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria. / Imdorf, Christian; Ilieva‐trichkova, Petya; Stoilova, Rumiana et al.
in: Education Sciences, Jahrgang 12, Nr. 4, 233, 04.2022.

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Imdorf, C, Ilieva‐trichkova, P, Stoilova, R, Boyadjieva, P & Gerganov, A 2022, 'Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria', Education Sciences, Jg. 12, Nr. 4, 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040233
Imdorf, C., Ilieva‐trichkova, P., Stoilova, R., Boyadjieva, P., & Gerganov, A. (2022). Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria. Education Sciences, 12(4), Artikel 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040233
Imdorf C, Ilieva‐trichkova P, Stoilova R, Boyadjieva P, Gerganov A. Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria. Education Sciences. 2022 Apr;12(4):233. Epub 2022 Mär 23. doi: 10.3390/educsci12040233
Imdorf, Christian ; Ilieva‐trichkova, Petya ; Stoilova, Rumiana et al. / Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria. in: Education Sciences. 2022 ; Jahrgang 12, Nr. 4.
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