Occupationally specific inequalities on the labour market

Completion of vocational education and training is of high value to the labour force on the German labour market. It reduces the risk of unemployment or precarious employment compared to persons who are not in possession of a vocational qualification. Although such average considerations are important, they also mask the high degree of variance that exists in some cases within the group of persons with vocational qualifications. The aim of the present article is to analyse inequality on the labour market in occupationally specific terms. This takes place on the basis of the Employee Survey conducted by BIBB and the Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) [Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] (BIBB/BAuA Employee Survey), which provides extensive opportunities to analyse benefits on the labour market whilst also at the same time taking occupationally related drawbacks into account. The extent to which compensation for drawbacks and disadvantages at the occupational level is provided in the form of wages is a further research issue addressed by the article.