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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 233 |
| Journal | Education Sciences |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 23 Mar 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2022 |
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- Bulgaria, ethnicity, regional disparities, school‐to‐work transition
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In: Education Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 4, 233, 04.2022.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria
AU - Imdorf, Christian
AU - Ilieva‐trichkova, Petya
AU - Stoilova, Rumiana
AU - Boyadjieva, Pepka
AU - Gerganov, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information: This work was initially supported by the Swiss Enlargement Contribution and by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science in the framework of the Bulgarian–Swiss Research Programme (grant number 142969). The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access Fund of Leibniz Universität Hannover.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bulgaria
KW - ethnicity
KW - regional disparities
KW - school‐to‐work transition
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U2 - 10.3390/educsci12040233
DO - 10.3390/educsci12040233
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127821151
VL - 12
JO - Education Sciences
JF - Education Sciences
SN - 2227-7102
IS - 4
M1 - 233
ER -