PD Dr Brigitte Schels

PD Dr Brigitte Schels attended the Economics and Social Sciences Faculty of the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)to study social sciences.

She received her doctoral degree from the University of Mannheim in 2012. From 2011 to 2015, she was active as a researcher at the Chair of Sociology and Empirical Research at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). From 2015 to 2023, Brigitte Schels was an Assistant Professor for Labour Market Sociology at the FAU. In 2020 and 2021, she has been a visiting professor for Social Stratification and Quantitative Methods at the University of Vienna.

She has been a member of IAB’s research staff since September 2005.

PD Dr Brigitte Schels

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Jobunsicherheit: Frauen fühlen sich durch Befristungen deutlich stärker belastet als Männer

Disadvantaged young people find the transition from school to work particularly difficult

Not all wishes come true: the occupational compromises youths accept when entering vocational training

Benachteiligte Jugendliche tun sich beim Übergang von der Schule ins Erwerbsleben besonders schwer

Nicht alle Wünsche werden wahr: Welche Kompromisse Jugendliche beim Ausbildungsberuf eingehen