Overeducation in the early career of secondary education graduates : an analysis using sequence techniques

Based on monthly observations of their labour market status in the first seven years after leaving education, this paper uses optimal matching sequence analysis to construct a typology of entry-patterns of Flemish secondary education graduates. Our main finding is that for a significant number of young people overeducation constitutes a persistent problem, affecting about half of the sample for nearly the full observation period. Investigating the risk factors involved, we find that some factors, such as having lower human capital endowments or facing job search constraints, enhance the risk of following disadvantageous trajectories. Having a lower reservation wage seems to make being persistently overeducated more likely. Yet, starting as ‘overeducated’ does not necessarily lead to being stuck in that state for the rest of the career. About 7% of our sample succeeds in entering an adequate position even after being overeducated for a relatively long period

Between integration and resettlement: the Meskhetian Turks

Der Beitrag beschreibt die demographische bzw. soziopolitische Situation der ethnischen Minderheit der Meskhet-Türken. In das Thema einführend, wird zunächst die Bevölkerungsgruppe der meskhetianischen Türken vorgestellt und ihre Migrationsgeschichte der gewaltsamen Vertreibung in Südosteuropa und Zentralasien skizziert. Der zweite Schritt betrachtet die gegenwärtigen Lebensbedingungen dieser ethnischen Gruppe in Georgien, Aserbaidschan, der Ukraine, Russland, Usbekistan, Kasachstan, Kirgisien und der Türkei. Der dritte Schritt stellt die bestehenden Organisationen der Meskhet-Türken vor und nennt die Bestrebungen und Argumente hinsichtlich der Wahrung ihrer Identität. Der vierte Schritt erörtert die Anliegen der Meskhet-Türken im Rahmen der internationalen Politik (Treffen in Den Haag und Wien 1998/1999), wobei hier insbesondere die Forderungen nach Repatriierung behandelt werden. Der fünfte Schritt informiert über den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu der ethnischen Minderheit. Die Ausführungen schließen mit einer Erläuterung des Diskurses bezüglich der Wiedergutmachung bzw. Entschädigung erfahrenen Leids durch die gewaltsame Migration mitsamt der hier zu beobachtenden Defizite. Ferner werden im Hinblick auf ein bevorstehendes Forschungsprojekt zu den Meskhat-Türken für den Zeitraum 2004 bis 2006 neue Forschungsansätze identifiziert. (ICG2

Ethics, empathy and fear in research on violent conflict

The discussion of ethics in the social sciences focuses on ‘doing no harm’ and ‘giving back’ to research participants, but does not explore the challenges of empathy and fear in research with participants in political violence and war. Drawing on 180 in-depth interviews on the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993 collected over eight months between 2010 and 2013 primarily in Abkhazia, but also Georgia and Russia, I argue that researchers can come to empathize with some but fear other participants in past and present violence. These emotional responses can influence researchers’ ability to probe and interpret interviews and respondents’ ability to surpass strong positions to explore dilemmas of participation in violence. By empathizing with not only ‘victims’ and ‘non-fighters’ as I had expected based on my pre-existing moral-conceptual categories, but also participants in the war, I found that individuals adopted multiple overlapping roles and shifted between these roles in the changing conditions of violence. In contrast, failing to empathize with and fearing those who continued to participate in violence at the time of my interviews limited my ability to fully appreciate the complexity of their participation, but shed light on the context of violence in contemporary Abkhazia. This analysis shows that reflection on the role of empathy and fear in shaping our interactions with research participants can help advance our understanding of participation in violence and this difficult research context

'Towards ratification' : Conference on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ; report on the international conference, 19 September 2005 in Tbilisi

by Tom Trier & Eleonora Sambasil

Between integration and resettlement : the Meskhetian Turks

Oskari Pentikäinen and Tom TrierParallel als Buch-Ausg. erschiene

Overeducation in the early career of secondary education graduates: an analysis using sequence techniques

Based on monthly observations of their employment and overeducation status in the first seven years after leaving education, we use optimal matching sequence analysis to construct a typology of entry-patterns of Flemish secondary education graduates. We find that for a significant number of young people overeducation constitutes a persistent problem, affecting about half of the sample for nearly the full observation period. Investigating the risk factors shows factors such as having lower human capital endowments or facing job search constraints enhancing the risk of following disadvantageous trajectories. A lower reservation wage seems to make being persistently overeducated more likely. Yet, starting as ‘overeducated’ does not necessarily lead to being stuck in overeducation the rest of the career. About 7% of our sample succeeds in entering an adequate position even after being overeducated for a relatively long period.status: publishe