Vocational qualification as safety-net? Education-to-work transitions of higher education dropouts in Germany

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 3 Results of ordinary least squares models for the occupational status of the first stable job (ISEI)

	Model 2a		Model 2b
	b	t	b	t
Educational attainment
Only pre-tertiary vocational training	Ref.	Ref.	−2.65	−1.64
Higher education dropout + pre-tertiary vocational training	−2.26	−1.37	−4.91^*	−2.26
Higher education dropout without pre-tertiary vocational training	2.65	1.64	Ref.	Ref.
Higher education degree	22.00^***	33.65	19.35^***	12.44
At least one parent higher education (yes = 1)	1.18^*	2.36	1.18^*	2.36
Age at de-registration	0.40^***	4.17	0.40^***	4.17
Sex (male = 1)	−1.15^*	-2.30	−1.15^*	−2.30
Upper secondary final GPA	−0.68	−1.12	−0.68	−1.12
Work experience	−0.96	−1.46	−0.96	−1.46
Education-leaving cohort
1964–1984	2.47^**	3.17	2.47^**	3.17
1985–1994	0.80	1.11	0.80	1.11
1995–2004	0.41	0.55	0.41	0.55
2005–2014	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Constant	38.93^***	14.76	38.93^***	14.76
N	3813		3813