Alexandra Wicht
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 78656 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alexandra Wicht |
| PRENOMES | Alexandra |
| SOBRENOME | Wicht |
| ASSINATURA | WICHT A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Siegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2183-8860 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Role of Contexts in Educational and Employment Transitions and Pathways of Young People
Young people’s educational and employment pathways are shaped by the social contexts in which they are embedded. While past research has often emphasized individual characteristics, this thematic issue highlights the decisive role of contextual factors—including regional disparities, institutional arrangements, and socio‐economic structures—in influencing opportunities and transitions. Drawing on national and comparative perspectives, the contrib…
Regional differences in digitalisation and their impact on young people’s status attainment in vocational education and training
The development of ICT skills in adolescence at the intersection of gender and family background
We examine how gender and family background impact adolescents’ information and communications technology (ICT) skills, defined as the ability to effectively interact with digital technologies and to use them as a tool to process information. Using objective assessment data from the National Educational Panel Study Starting Cohort Grade 9 (NEPS-SC4), which includes 8828 students in non-academic and 5309 in academic tracks in German secondary scho…
Gendered wage returns to changes in non-routine job tasks
The labor market exhibits persistent occupational segregation by gender, with women and men performing distinct job tasks within their occupations. Prior research suggests that non-routine job tasks generally lead to higher wages, especially in digitally advancing contexts. However, these findings are largely based on cross-sectional data and neglect gender as a relevant dimension of inequality. We analyze three-wave panel data over nine years fr…
Misconceptions of earnings and their consequences for social stratification in vocational aspirations and attainment
This paper makes two contributions to the literature on social stratification in vocational attainment. First, we evaluate whether labour market literacy, as measured by knowledge about earnings in different occupations, is socially stratified. Second, we analyse whether differences in expected earnings between high-income and low-income occupations contribute to the social stratification in vocational aspirations and attainment using serial medi…
Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany
This study investigates the relevance of career compromises (i.e., the discrepancy between the expected and the actually attained training position) to the decision to drop out of vocational education and training (VET), focusing on compromises in terms of social status and gender type. We pay particular attention to upward and downward compromises. Using longitudinal data on 7205 apprentices from the German National Educational Panel Study (Star…
Should I Stay or Should I Go?« Prevalence and Predictors of Spatial Mobility among Youth in the Transition to Vocational Education and Training in Germany
Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns; however, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual…
Are Girls More Ambitious Than Boys? Vocational Interests Partly Explain Gender Differences in Occupational Aspirations
Previous research suggests that girls have higher occupational aspirations than boys before entering the labor market. We investigate whether this gender gap in occupational aspirations generalizes to secondary school students in Germany and illuminate the possible mechanisms behind these purported gender differences. For this purpose, we used a large and representative sample of ninth graders ( N = 10,743) from the German National Educational Pa…
Ethnic Differences in Gender‐Typical Occupational Orientations Among Adolescents in Germany
We illuminate the socio‐cultural embeddedness of adolescents to explain gender‐typical occupational orientations (GTOO) from an intersectional perspective. We investigate whether and why immigrant and native youths differ in their GTOO. These issues are of practical and political importance, as deviations from the norm of the autochthonous majority society can drive change in the gender segregation of the labor market on the one hand but can also…
Who experiences subjective job insecurity due to digital transformation in Germany
In many countries, digitalization is accompanied by disruptive changes in the labor market, including polarization in employment and wages as well as a decrease in employment growth. However, little is known about the individual (micro-level) consequences of digitalization, especially regarding differently affected subgroups. In this study, we investigate the relevance of digitalization, as measured by the task-based substitution potential of occ…
Developmental trajectories of the socioeconomic status of occupational aspirations during adolescence
INTRODUCTION: Prominent theories of career development suggest age-related changes in adolescents' occupational aspirations. However, little is known about how exactly and to what extent, adolescents' aspirations change, particularly regarding the socioeconomic status (SES) of aspired occupations. We aim at extending our knowledge of the developmental trajectories of the SES of occupational aspirations and potential gender differences in those tr…
Schulformen und geschlechtstypische Berufsorientierungen
Wir gehen der Frage nach, in welcher Weise die Stratifizierung des Schulsystems einen Einfluss auf geschlechtstypische Berufserwartungen Jugendlicher nimmt: über schulspezifische geschlechtstypische Aspirationen oder sozialstatusbezogene Erwartungen. Wir analysieren Querschnittsdaten der Startkohorte 4 des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS, Wellen 2010–2011) zu Schülerinnen und Schülern der Klassenstufe neun in Deutschland. Anhand von Mehrebenen-Me…
Proficiency level descriptors for low reading proficiency
Low literacy among adolescents and adults worldwide remains a serious problem, even in economically developed countries. The consequences of low reading proficiency levels can be harmful in many ways for both the individuals concerned and their communities in terms of health, political, social and economic outcomes. While large-scale international assessments do assess reading proficiency, the data they provide for the bottom end of the scale are…
Familienkonstellation und Bildungserfolg. Welche Rolle spielen ökonomisches, kulturelles und Sozialkapital
Die Familienkonstellation, in der Kinder und Jugendliche aufwachsen, hängt deutlich mit deren Bildungserfolg zusammen. Dieser Zusammenhang ist jedoch zu beträchtlichen Teilen über die Ressourcenausstattung unterschiedlicher Familienkonstellationen vermittelt. Genaue Analysen dieser Zusammenhänge stehen jedoch noch aus, auch deshalb, weil die Familienkonstellation häufig nicht ausreichend differenziert erfasst wird. Dieser Beitrag untersucht anhan…
The Interplay between Education, Skills, and Job Quality
Compared to general education, vocational education and training (VET) has been shown to facilitate young people’s integration into the labour market. At the same time, research suggests that VET falls short in teaching basic skills and, in turn, may lead to less adaptability to labour market changes and long-term disadvantages in individual labour market outcomes. To better understand the relationships between education, skills, and labour marke…
Are functional regions more homogeneous than administrative regions? A test using hierarchical linear models
We investigate whether economic functional regions capture spatial clustering of core economic indicators better than administrative regions. For this purpose, we use hierarchical linear models to measure the degree of homogenization of different regional delineations. Our results for Germany show that economic functional regions tend to capture spatial clustering better than administrative ones. However, a considerable amount of clustering at a …
Occupational aspirations and ethnic school segregation
In this study, I broaden the perspective on young immigrants’ aspirations by looking at their social embeddedness in the host society in terms of their institutionally predefined ties to school peers. In particular, I investigate the relationship between the aspirations of immigrant and native youths with special regard to the social mechanisms that may underlie peer influences. My analyses are based on multilevel data on ninth graders from the G…
Occupational aspirations and ethnic school segregation
In this study, I broaden the perspective on young immigrants’ aspirations by looking at their social embeddedness in the host society in terms of their institutionally predefined ties to school peers. In particular, I investigate the relationship between the aspirations of immigrant and native youths with special regard to the social mechanisms that may underlie peer influences. My analyses are based on multilevel data on ninth graders from the G…
Are functional regions more homogeneous than administrative regions? A test using hierarchical linear models
We investigate whether economic functional regions capture spatial clustering of core economic indicators better than administrative regions. For this purpose, we use hierarchical linear models to measure the degree of homogenization of different regional delineations. Our results for Germany show that economic functional regions tend to capture spatial clustering better than administrative ones. However, a considerable amount of clustering at a …
Should I Stay or Should I Go?« Prevalence and Predictors of Spatial Mobility among Youth in the Transition to Vocational Education and Training in Germany
Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns; however, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual…
Who experiences subjective job insecurity due to digital transformation in Germany
In many countries, digitalization is accompanied by disruptive changes in the labor market, including polarization in employment and wages as well as a decrease in employment growth. However, little is known about the individual (micro-level) consequences of digitalization, especially regarding differently affected subgroups. In this study, we investigate the relevance of digitalization, as measured by the task-based substitution potential of occ…
Regional differences in digitalisation and their impact on young people’s status attainment in vocational education and training
Ethnic Differences in Gender‐Typical Occupational Orientations Among Adolescents in Germany
We illuminate the socio‐cultural embeddedness of adolescents to explain gender‐typical occupational orientations (GTOO) from an intersectional perspective. We investigate whether and why immigrant and native youths differ in their GTOO. These issues are of practical and political importance, as deviations from the norm of the autochthonous majority society can drive change in the gender segregation of the labor market on the one hand but can also…
Schulformen und geschlechtstypische Berufsorientierungen
Wir gehen der Frage nach, in welcher Weise die Stratifizierung des Schulsystems einen Einfluss auf geschlechtstypische Berufserwartungen Jugendlicher nimmt: über schulspezifische geschlechtstypische Aspirationen oder sozialstatusbezogene Erwartungen. Wir analysieren Querschnittsdaten der Startkohorte 4 des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS, Wellen 2010–2011) zu Schülerinnen und Schülern der Klassenstufe neun in Deutschland. Anhand von Mehrebenen-Me…
Familienkonstellation und Bildungserfolg. Welche Rolle spielen ökonomisches, kulturelles und Sozialkapital
Die Familienkonstellation, in der Kinder und Jugendliche aufwachsen, hängt deutlich mit deren Bildungserfolg zusammen. Dieser Zusammenhang ist jedoch zu beträchtlichen Teilen über die Ressourcenausstattung unterschiedlicher Familienkonstellationen vermittelt. Genaue Analysen dieser Zusammenhänge stehen jedoch noch aus, auch deshalb, weil die Familienkonstellation häufig nicht ausreichend differenziert erfasst wird. Dieser Beitrag untersucht anhan…
The Interplay between Education, Skills, and Job Quality
Compared to general education, vocational education and training (VET) has been shown to facilitate young people’s integration into the labour market. At the same time, research suggests that VET falls short in teaching basic skills and, in turn, may lead to less adaptability to labour market changes and long-term disadvantages in individual labour market outcomes. To better understand the relationships between education, skills, and labour marke…
Occupational aspirations and ethnic school segregation
In this study, I broaden the perspective on young immigrants’ aspirations by looking at their social embeddedness in the host society in terms of their institutionally predefined ties to school peers. In particular, I investigate the relationship between the aspirations of immigrant and native youths with special regard to the social mechanisms that may underlie peer influences. My analyses are based on multilevel data on ninth graders from the G…
The Interplay between Education, Skills, and Job Quality
Compared to general education, vocational education and training (VET) has been shown to facilitate young people’s integration into the labour market. At the same time, research suggests that VET falls short in teaching basic skills and, in turn, may lead to less adaptability to labour market changes and long-term disadvantages in individual labour market outcomes. To better understand the relationships between education, skills, and labour marke…
Are functional regions more homogeneous than administrative regions? A test using hierarchical linear models
We investigate whether economic functional regions capture spatial clustering of core economic indicators better than administrative regions. For this purpose, we use hierarchical linear models to measure the degree of homogenization of different regional delineations. Our results for Germany show that economic functional regions tend to capture spatial clustering better than administrative ones. However, a considerable amount of clustering at a …
Developmental trajectories of the socioeconomic status of occupational aspirations during adolescence
INTRODUCTION: Prominent theories of career development suggest age-related changes in adolescents' occupational aspirations. However, little is known about how exactly and to what extent, adolescents' aspirations change, particularly regarding the socioeconomic status (SES) of aspired occupations. We aim at extending our knowledge of the developmental trajectories of the SES of occupational aspirations and potential gender differences in those tr…
Schulformen und geschlechtstypische Berufsorientierungen
Wir gehen der Frage nach, in welcher Weise die Stratifizierung des Schulsystems einen Einfluss auf geschlechtstypische Berufserwartungen Jugendlicher nimmt: über schulspezifische geschlechtstypische Aspirationen oder sozialstatusbezogene Erwartungen. Wir analysieren Querschnittsdaten der Startkohorte 4 des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS, Wellen 2010–2011) zu Schülerinnen und Schülern der Klassenstufe neun in Deutschland. Anhand von Mehrebenen-Me…
Proficiency level descriptors for low reading proficiency
Low literacy among adolescents and adults worldwide remains a serious problem, even in economically developed countries. The consequences of low reading proficiency levels can be harmful in many ways for both the individuals concerned and their communities in terms of health, political, social and economic outcomes. While large-scale international assessments do assess reading proficiency, the data they provide for the bottom end of the scale are…
Familienkonstellation und Bildungserfolg. Welche Rolle spielen ökonomisches, kulturelles und Sozialkapital
Die Familienkonstellation, in der Kinder und Jugendliche aufwachsen, hängt deutlich mit deren Bildungserfolg zusammen. Dieser Zusammenhang ist jedoch zu beträchtlichen Teilen über die Ressourcenausstattung unterschiedlicher Familienkonstellationen vermittelt. Genaue Analysen dieser Zusammenhänge stehen jedoch noch aus, auch deshalb, weil die Familienkonstellation häufig nicht ausreichend differenziert erfasst wird. Dieser Beitrag untersucht anhan…
Who experiences subjective job insecurity due to digital transformation in Germany
In many countries, digitalization is accompanied by disruptive changes in the labor market, including polarization in employment and wages as well as a decrease in employment growth. However, little is known about the individual (micro-level) consequences of digitalization, especially regarding differently affected subgroups. In this study, we investigate the relevance of digitalization, as measured by the task-based substitution potential of occ…
Are Girls More Ambitious Than Boys? Vocational Interests Partly Explain Gender Differences in Occupational Aspirations
Previous research suggests that girls have higher occupational aspirations than boys before entering the labor market. We investigate whether this gender gap in occupational aspirations generalizes to secondary school students in Germany and illuminate the possible mechanisms behind these purported gender differences. For this purpose, we used a large and representative sample of ninth graders ( N = 10,743) from the German National Educational Pa…
Ethnic Differences in Gender‐Typical Occupational Orientations Among Adolescents in Germany
We illuminate the socio‐cultural embeddedness of adolescents to explain gender‐typical occupational orientations (GTOO) from an intersectional perspective. We investigate whether and why immigrant and native youths differ in their GTOO. These issues are of practical and political importance, as deviations from the norm of the autochthonous majority society can drive change in the gender segregation of the labor market on the one hand but can also…
Misconceptions of earnings and their consequences for social stratification in vocational aspirations and attainment
This paper makes two contributions to the literature on social stratification in vocational attainment. First, we evaluate whether labour market literacy, as measured by knowledge about earnings in different occupations, is socially stratified. Second, we analyse whether differences in expected earnings between high-income and low-income occupations contribute to the social stratification in vocational aspirations and attainment using serial medi…
Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany
This study investigates the relevance of career compromises (i.e., the discrepancy between the expected and the actually attained training position) to the decision to drop out of vocational education and training (VET), focusing on compromises in terms of social status and gender type. We pay particular attention to upward and downward compromises. Using longitudinal data on 7205 apprentices from the German National Educational Panel Study (Star…
Should I Stay or Should I Go?« Prevalence and Predictors of Spatial Mobility among Youth in the Transition to Vocational Education and Training in Germany
Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns; however, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual…
Gendered wage returns to changes in non-routine job tasks
The labor market exhibits persistent occupational segregation by gender, with women and men performing distinct job tasks within their occupations. Prior research suggests that non-routine job tasks generally lead to higher wages, especially in digitally advancing contexts. However, these findings are largely based on cross-sectional data and neglect gender as a relevant dimension of inequality. We analyze three-wave panel data over nine years fr…
The Role of Contexts in Educational and Employment Transitions and Pathways of Young People
Young people’s educational and employment pathways are shaped by the social contexts in which they are embedded. While past research has often emphasized individual characteristics, this thematic issue highlights the decisive role of contextual factors—including regional disparities, institutional arrangements, and socio‐economic structures—in influencing opportunities and transitions. Drawing on national and comparative perspectives, the contrib…
Regional differences in digitalisation and their impact on young people’s status attainment in vocational education and training
The development of ICT skills in adolescence at the intersection of gender and family background
We examine how gender and family background impact adolescents’ information and communications technology (ICT) skills, defined as the ability to effectively interact with digital technologies and to use them as a tool to process information. Using objective assessment data from the National Educational Panel Study Starting Cohort Grade 9 (NEPS-SC4), which includes 8828 students in non-academic and 5309 in academic tracks in German secondary scho…
Psychology (12 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Demographic economics (9 obras) · German (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (9 obras) · Geography (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Vocational education (6 obras) · Pedagogy (5 obras)