ABSTRACT

This volume explores the role of structure and agency in shaping post-school pathways for migrant-origin young people, providing new insights from countries with different migration histories and transition systems.

The book collates the work of leading international scholars to cover a number of jurisdictions across Europe, looking in depth at migrant transitions in different contexts. The chapters examine the influence of different education systems, migration status, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and resilience on the success of transitions to higher education and the labour market. The book highlights the need for host countries to put in place comprehensive policies to counter ethnic inequalities and discrimination in their education and labour market systems while facilitating and supporting immigrant youth in pursuing their post-school pathways.

This timely book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of migration studies, sociology of education, and equity in education. Policymakers will find this book useful in informing policy development in education and the labour market.

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

Post-school pathways and migrant youth

chapter Chapter 2|23 pages

Expectation of early school leaving among Spanish immigrants

A process of segmented assimilation

chapter Chapter 6|28 pages

Early labour market trajectories of the descendants of immigrants in France

Resources, barriers, and perceived discrimination

chapter Chapter 8|7 pages

Conclusion