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Is Education the Pathway to Success? A Comparison of Second Generation T urkish Professionals in S weden, F rance, G ermany and The N etherlands
Author(s) -
Crul Maurice
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12133
Subject(s) - turkish , apprenticeship , position (finance) , immigration , professional development , political science , public relations , pedagogy , sociology , economic growth , business , economics , philosophy , linguistics , finance , law
Education is often seen as the most important mobility channel for children of immigrants. To what extent is this true? In this article, we look at successful second generation T urkish professionals in S weden, F rance, G ermany and The N etherlands. What kind of pathways did they take to become a professional? Based on the large quantitative international TIES survey, I reconstruct the pathways to a professional position in the four countries. We see how the open, comprehensive school systems in S weden and F rance provide the main paths to a professional job. In G ermany, however, it is the apprenticeship system. The N etherlands is a case in between. I describe how different educational institutional arrangements and the different ways the transition to the labour market is organised in the four countries also result in different routes to a professional career. I use new qualitative material from the ELITES project that was gathered in the four countries to illustrate the pathways to success in greater depth.