Replication material: Regional differences in digitalisation and their impact on young people’s status attainment in vocational education and training

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While many of the recent changes in the labour market are related to digitalisation, there is little knowledge about digitalisation’s impact on young people’s transitions from school to vocational education and training (VET). The current study addresses this research gap by examining the relationship between the level of regional digitalisation and young people’s status attainment when entering VET. The study uses data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), merged with a unique regional digitalisation indicator at the district level (NUTS-3). OLS regression models show that, on average, young people entering VET in highly digitalised regions secure occupations with a higher status than their counterparts in less digitalised regions. Notably, regional digitalisation has a particularly strong positive impact on males, while no differences in association are observed by school leaving qualifications. The results underscore the existence of a discernible regional digital divide among VET entrants in Germany.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.7802/2853
Source https://search.gesis.org/research_data/SDN-10.7802-2853?lang=de
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Creator Hickmann, Helen; Detemple, Jonas; Wicht, Alexandra
Publisher GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences; GESIS Datenarchiv für Sozialwissenschaften
Publication Year 2025
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Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Germany; Germany