Different counselors, many options: Career guidance and career plans in secondary schools

Bernd Fitzenberger, Annette Hillerich-Sigg and Maresa Sprietsma

No 19-009, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany, we analyze career guidance activities and how these affect career plans. The take-up of career guidance depends upon the school track attended and upon the school and class room context, while personal characteristics are hardly relevant. The effects of counseling depend upon the counselor. Counseling by the employment agency reduces plans for educational upgrading and increases the probability of applying for an apprenticeship, while the effects of school counselors work in the opposite direction for lower track students.

Keywords: educational aspirations; career guidance; counseling; career planning; school-to-work transition; secondary school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Journal Article: Different counselors, many options: Career guidance and career plans in secondary schools (2020)
Working Paper: Career Guidance and Career Planning of Secondary School Students (2016)
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