The Bulgarian educational system and gender segregation in the labour market

verfasst von

Franziska Bieri, Christian Imdorf, Rumiana Stoilova, Pepka Boyadjieva

Abstract

School-to-work transitions are embedded in the institutional structures of educational systems. In particular, vocational education has been linked to greater horizontal gender segregation in employment. Similarly, research on higher education has uncovered how stratification at the tertiary level can promote gender segregation in the labour market. This paper investigates how gender typical employment is conditioned by the institutional features of the educational system in Bulgaria. Despite the post-socialist transformations of Bulgaria's educational system and its labour market, horizontal gender segregation has remained rather moderate from an international perspective. We use data from a 2012 nationally representative survey. We find that the educational system shapes the gendered occupational trajectories for men but it does not hold the same explanatory power for women. Neither vocational nor higher education has a significant effect for women. In contrast, men with vocational education are more likely to work in male-typed occupations and, in line with the literature, higher education steers men toward gender mixed and a-typical occupations. Our study points to the importance of educational institutional factors in shaping gender (a)-typical career paths. The Bulgarian case, in particular, offers insights into the mechanisms that can potentially decrease horizontal gender segregation in the labour market.

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Basel
University of Bern
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

European societies

Band

18

Seiten

158-179

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

1461-6696

Publikationsdatum

14.03.2016

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Demographie, Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 5 – Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2016.1141305 (Zugang: Geschlossen)