From School to Career: Towards A Career Perspective on the Labor Market Returns to Education

Project Information

CAREER

Grant agreement ID: 950189

DOI

10.3030/950189

Project closed

EC signature date 2 December 2020

Start date 1 February 2021

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 422,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 422,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Cultural and Human Capital Signals in Hiring—A Factorial Survey Experiment Across Contexts

Author(s): Luisa Burchartz, Kobe De Keere, Sara Geven
Published in: The British Journal of Sociology, 2026, ISSN 0007-1315
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70125

Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling

Author(s): Marie Labussière, Thijs Bol
Published in: Sociological Science, Issue 13, 2026, Page(s) 362-407, ISSN 2330-6696
Publisher: Society for Sociological Science
DOI: 10.15195/v13.a16

Skill evaluations over careers: hiring software developers and human resource professionals in Germany

Author(s): Luisa Burchartz
Published in: European Societies, Issue 28, 2026, Page(s) 129-160, ISSN 1461-6696
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1162/euso_a_00031

How routine tasks affect labor market inequalities between vocational and tertiary graduates over the career

Author(s): Viktor Decker, Marie Labussière, Thijs Bol
Published in: Social Science Research, Issue 131, 2025, Page(s) 103207, ISSN 0049-089X
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103207

Variation in employment inequality between workers with vocational and general education over the career

Author(s): Viktor Decker
Published in: Advances in Life Course Research, Issue 67, 2026, Page(s) 100724, ISSN 1569-4909
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2026.100724

Temporary employment and wage inequality over the life course

Author(s): Christoph Janietz, Thijs Bol, Bram Lancee
Published in: European Sociological Review, Issue 40, 2024, Page(s) 853-871, ISSN 0266-7215
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad075

Life-Course Differences in Occupational Mobility Between Vocationally and Generally Trained Workers in Germany

Author(s): Viktor Decker, Thijs Bol, Hanno Kruse
Published in: Sociological Science, Issue 10, 2023, Page(s) 857-879, ISSN 2330-6696
Publisher: Society for Sociological Science
DOI: 10.15195/v10.a30

Temporary Employment and Wage Inequality over the Life Course

Author(s): Christoph Janietz, Thijs Bol, Bram Lancee
Published in: European Sociological Review, 2024, ISSN 1468-2672
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Life-Course Differences in Occupational Mobility Between Vocationally and Generally Trained Workers in Germany (forthcoming)

Author(s): Viktor Decker, Thijs Bol, and Hanno Kruse
Published in: Sociological Science, Issue 7, 2023, Page(s) 10-32, ISSN 2330-6696
Publisher: Society for Sociological Science

Other (5)

"Are occupations ""bundles of skills""? Identifying latent skill profiles in the labor market using topic modeling"

Author(s): Marie Labussière, Thijs Bol
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Center for Open Science
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5zwmt_v2

The story behind the logo: The late-career penalty

Author(s): Luisa Burchartz
Published in: 2022
Publisher: -

Is there a pilot on board? Technology and the labour market

Author(s): Marie Labussiere
Published in: 2022
Publisher: -

Commensurating Artistry: Notes from a train conversation with a pianist

Author(s): Luisa Burchartz
Published in: 2023
Publisher: -

What’s your work? The 10 most common jobs for workers with general and vocational education in Europe

Author(s): Viktor Decker
Published in: 2022
Publisher: -

Book chapters (1)

Vocational education and labor market outcomes

Author(s): Thijs Bol, Andrea Forster
Published in: Handbook for Education and Labor Market, 2024
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing