Recent publications

Academic publications (English):

· Wolbers, M.H.J., Luijkx, R., & Ultee, W. (2011). Educational attainment, occupational achievements, career peaks. The Netherlands in the second part of the twentieth century. European Societies, 13, 425-450.

· Doorn, M. van, Pop, I., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2011) Intergenerational transmission of education across European countries and cohorts. European Societies, 13, 93-117.

· Gesthuizen, M., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010). Employment transitions in the Netherlands, 1980-2004: Are low educated men subject to structural or cyclical crowding out? Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 28, 437-451.

· Tieben, N., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010). Transitions to post-secondary and tertiary education in the Netherlands: a trend analysis of unconditional and conditional socio-economic background effects. Higher Education, 60, 85-100.

· Tieben, N., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010). Success and failure in secondary education. socio-economic background effects on secondary school outcome in the Netherlands, 1927-1998. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31, 277-290.

· Luijkx, R., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2009). The effects of non-employment in early work-life on subsequent employment chances of individuals in the Netherlands. European Sociological Review, 25, 647-660.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2008). Increasing labor market instability among young people? Labor market entry and early career development among school-leavers in the Netherlands since the mid-1980s. In: H-P. Blossfeld, S. Bucholz, E. Bukodi & K. Kurz (eds.), Young workers, globalization and the labor market: Comparing early working life in eleven countries (77-101). Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2007). Employment insecurity at labour market entry and its impact on parental home leaving and family formation: A comparative study among recent graduates in eight European countries. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 48, 481-507.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2007). Patterns of labour market entry: A comparative perspective on school-to-work transitions in eleven European countries. Acta Sociologica, 50, 189-210.

· Velden, R.K.W., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2007). How much does education matter and why? The effects of education on socio-economic outcomes among school-leavers in the Netherlands. European Sociological Review, 23, 65-80.

Academic publications (Dutch):

· Tolsma, J., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010). Onderwijs als nieuwe sociale scheidslijn? De gevolgen van onderwijsexpansie voor sociale mobiliteit, de waarde van diploma's en het relatieve belang van opleiding in Nederland. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 31, 239-259.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010) Blijvende gevolgen van een gebrekkige start? Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 26, 223-239.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2009). Gedwongen baan werklozen leidt tot verdringing. Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 25, 226-227.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2008). Scholieren met een bijbaantje: de gevolgen voor hun schoolprestaties. Mens & Maatschappij, 83, 239-257.

· Wolbers, M.H.J. (2008). Arbeidsmarktintrede en vroege beroepsloopbaan van schoolverlaters in Nederland, 1986-2002. Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 24, 19-35.

Research report (Dutch):

· Tolsma, J., & Wolbers, M.H.J. (2010). Naar een open samenleving? Recente ontwikkelingen in sociale stijging en daling in Nederland. Den Haag: Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling.