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Wednesday, September 7, 2016  (Hall–Department of Sociology)

15.00 – 23.00 Check-in at the hotels
19.00-20.30  WELCOME DRINK AND REGISTRATION

Thursday, September 8, 2016  (Room 5 – Department of Sociology)

09.30-10.30 WELCOME & KEYNOTE SPEECH BY Fabrizio Bernardi (European University Institute) 

10.30-11.00   Coffee break, registration

11.00-12.30   SESSION 1:  GENDERING TRANSITIONS     Chair: Irena Kogan
Emer Smyth Gendering transitions
Stephanie Steinmetz & Emer Smyth Does a PhD really pay off? Returns to higher education from a gender perspective 
Luis Ortiz What shape great expectations? Gender, social origin and country differences in higher education expectations 

12.30-13.30   Lunch break

13.30-15.30   SESSION 2:  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING     Chair: Paolo Barbieri

Irena Kogan At school or at work? Comparing the role of vocational education and training in school‐to‐work transitions in German‐speaking and Eastern European countries
Tobias Roth Social Networks and the Transition from Education to Work 
Markus Weissmann & Zerrin Salikutluk Ethnic differences in transitions to vocational education and training at the end of lower secondary education in Germany 
Juliane Achatz, Kerstin Jahn & Brigitte Schels Divergent trajectories: Labour market entry sequences of school leavers in Germany

15.30-16.00  Coffee break

16.00-17.00   SESSION 3:  FAMILY FORMATION AND FERTILITY     Chair: Cristina Iannelli

Michael Gebel & Stefanie Heyne Gender, early family formation and the school-to-work transition: Evidence from 30 low and middle income countries 
Mattia Oliviero Fertility behaviour and the mediating role of institutional and cultural contexts: Evidence from European internal migrants

Friday, September 9, 2016  (Room 5  – Department of Sociology)

09.30-11.00  SESSION 4:  SOCIAL ORIGINS AND THE LABOUR MARKET     Chair: Luis Ortiz

Giampiero Passaretta, Paolo Barbieri, Mark Visser & Maarten HJ Wolbers The direct effect of social origin on occupational attainment in the early life-course: An Italian-Dutch comparison
Moris Triventi, Gabriele Ballarino & Nazareno Panichella Stratified returns? Social background and early occupational outcomes of Italian university graduates
Adriana Duta & Cristina Iannelli Social inequalities in graduates’ labour market outcomes: the role of spatial mobility and job opportunities

11.00-11.30   Coffee break

11.30-13.00   SESSION 5: OVEREDUCATION     Chair: Dieter Verhaest

Seamuss McGuinness, Adele Bergin & Adele Whelan A comparative time series analysis of overeducation in Europe: Is there a common policy approach?
Queralt Capsada-Munsech Which graduates are more likely to exit overeducation? The role of fields of study and social origin 
Ghia Osseiran Overqualification and its discontents in the Spanish labour market

13.00-14.00   Lunch break

14.00-15.30  SESSION 6:  EARLY LABOUR MARKET EXPERIENCE AND LATER EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES     Chair: Smyth

Hans Dietrich Mental health and unemployment experience in the youth age and labor market outcomes in the life course 
Marianna Filandri, Lia Pacelli & Dalit Contini Being NEET in Italy: a longitudinal analysis
Stijn Baert, Olivier Rotsaert, Dieter Verhaest & Eddy Omey A signal of diligence? Student work experience and later employment chances 

15.30-16.00   Coffee break

16.00-17.00   SESSION 7: EFFECTS OF THE CRISES      Chair: Maarten HJ Wolbers

Marita Jacob,  Philipp Lersch & Karsten Hank Long-term health consequences of adverse labour market conditions at the time of labour market entry
Dalit Contini, Guido Salza & Andrea Scagni Dropout from university around the economic crisis. The case of Italy

20.00   CONFERENCE DINNER

Orso Grigio

Saturday, September 10, 2016  (Room 5  – Department of Sociology)

10.00-11.30  SESSION 8: EMPLOYMENT TRAJECTORIES AND THE ROLE OF THE CONTEXT     Chair: Hans Dietrich

Ines Hardoy, Kristine von Simson & Tao Zhang A meta-analysis of recent studies the youth policies in North European countries 
Gabriella Berloffa, Eleonora Matteazzi & Alina Sandor The influence of the family employment structure on school-to-work trajectories 
Gabriella Berloffa, Eleonora Matteazzi, Alina Sandor & Paola Villa The quality of employment in the early labour market experience of young Europeans

11.30-12.00   Coffee break

12.00-13.00  SESSION 9:  HIGHER EDUCATION: SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND DROPOUT   Chair: Moris Triventi

Friederike Schlücker & Steffen Schindler Primary effects in higher education: Accounting for social origin effects on academic achievement 
Nicole Tieben Should I stay or should I go? Destinations after higher education non-completion. The role of social background and pre-tertiary educational pathways 

13.00   WORKSHOP SUMMARY AND FAREWELL

13.00-14.00   Lunch break

16.00-18.00   SOCIAL EVENT

Tour: Buonconsiglio Castle and the Cathedral
Meeting point (h 15.55): Buonconsiglio Castle, Via Bernardo Clesio 5

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Check-out

Time allocated to each presentation is 30 minutes. Please, limit your presentation up to 18-20 minutes maximum, thus leaving time for discussion.