Dr. Tobias Roth

Former External Fellow and Project Director
Tobias.Roth [at] gesis.org
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
Postal Address
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
68072  Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
B2,1
68159  Mannheim

Projects

A2 Dimensions of Societal Integration: Social Stratification and Social Inequalities

A2.1848
Social Networks and the Transition from Education to Work
A2.1907
The Influence of Social Contacts on the Vocational Training Success and Entry into the First Job

RP9 A3 Focus Groups of Societal Integration: Migration and Ethnic Minorities

RP9
Competencies and Educational Choices Across Gender and Immigrant Background in Germany

RP8 A3 Focus Groups of Societal Integration: Migration and Integration

RP8
The Role of Social Resources for the Explanation of Ethnic Educational Inequalities in the German School System

RP7 A2 Education, Labour Markets and Social Stratification

Network of Excellence "Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion" (EQUALSOC)

RP7 A3 Family and Migration

Young Immigrants in the German and Israeli Educational Systems

Publications

(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)

Monographs

Roth, Tobias (2014): Die Rolle sozialer Netzwerke für den Erfolg von Einheimischen und Migranten im deutschen (Aus-)Bildungssystem. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. [Soziologische Studien] more

Journal Articles

Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2023): Pre-existing company contacts and premature termination of apprenticeship training in Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 87, (article no. 100839). more
Roth, Tobias, and Markus Weißmann (2022): The Role of Parents’ Native and Migrant Contacts on the Labour Market in the School-to-Work Transition of Adolescents in Germany. European Sociological Review, 38, issue 5, pp. 707–724. more
Kretschmer, David, and Tobias Roth (2021): Why Do Friends Have Similar Educational Expectations? Separating Influence and Selection Effects. European Sociological Review, 37, issue 2, pp. 201–217. more
Roth, Tobias (2020): The role of religion, religiousness and religious participation in the school-to-work transition in Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46, issue 17, pp. 3580-3602. more
Siegert, Manuel, and Tobias Roth (2020): Das schulische Selbstkonzept von türkeistämmigen Neuntklässlern und Neuntklässlern ohne Migrationshintergrund. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 72, issue 4, pp. 627–650. more
Roth, Tobias (2019): Welchen Einfluss hat die Schulzeitverkürzung am Gymnasium (G8) auf das Ausmaß der sozialen Ungleichheit beim Besuch der gymnasialen Oberstufe?. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 22, issue 5, pp. 1247–1265. more
Roth, Tobias, and Oliver Klein (2018): Effekte politischer Reformen auf die außerfamiliäre frühkindliche Betreuungsbeteiligung von Kindern mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 70, issue 3, pp. 449–467. more
Roth, Tobias (2018): The influence of parents’ social capital on their children’s transition to vocational training in Germany. Social Networks, 55, pp. 74-85. more
Roth, Tobias (2017): Interpersonal Influences on Educational Expectations: New Evidence for Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 48, issue April, pp. 68 - 84. more
Roth, Tobias, and Manuel Siegert (2016): Does the Selectivity of an Educational System Affect Social Inequality in Educational Attainment? Empirical Findings for the Transition from Primary to Secondary Level in Germany. European Sociological Review, 32, issue 6, pp. 779 - 791. more
Roth, Tobias, and Manuel Siegert (2015): Freiheit versus Gleichheit? Der Einfluss der Verbindlichkeit der Übergangsempfehlung auf die soziale Ungleichheit in der Sekundarstufe. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 44, issue 2, pp. 118-136. more
Roth, Tobias (2014): Effects of Social Networks on Finding an Apprenticeship in the German Vocational Training System. European Societies, 16, issue 2, pp. 233-254. more
Roth, Tobias (2013): The role of social capital in the explanation of educational success and educational inequalities. Irish Educational Studies, 32, issue 3, pp. 335-354. more
Siegert, Manuel, and Tobias Roth (2013): Söhne bevorzugt? Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede beim Gymnasialbesuch türkischstämmiger Schülerinnen und Schüler. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 65, issue 1, pp. 49-72. more
Roth, Tobias, and Zerrin Salikutluk (2012): Attitudes and expectations: do attitudes towards education mediate the relationship between social networks and parental expectations?. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 33, issue 5, pp. 701-722. more

Book Chapters

Roth, Tobias, and Markus Weißmann (2023): Ethnic Differences in Social Capital Mobilization at the Transition to Vocational Training in Germany. Pp. 369-401 in: Sabine Weinert, Gwendolin Blossfeld, Hans-Peter Blossfeld (Eds.) Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories: Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). 1stth ed., Cham: Springer International Publishing. more
Siegert, Manuel, Tobias Roth and Irena Kogan (2023): Gendered Occupational Aspirations: A Comparison of Young Native-Born and Turkish Minority Women. Pp. 403-423 in: Sabine Weinert, Gwendolin Josephine Blossfeld, Hans-Peter Blossfeld (Eds.) Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories: Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Cham: Springer Nature. more
Kristen, Cornelia, Yossi Shavit, Svetlana Chachashvili-Bolotin, Tobias Roth and Irit Adler (2014): Achievement differences between immigrant and native fourth graders in Germany and Israel. Pp. 191-209 in: Rainer K. Silbereisen, Peter F. Titzmann, Yossi Shavit (Eds.) The challenges of diaspora migration: Interdisciplinary perspectives on Israel and Germany. Farnham: Ashgate. more
Roth, Tobias, and Manuel Siegert (2013): Die Bildungsbeteiligung ausländischer und deutscher Schüler/-innen in der Sekundarstufe in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Eine Längsschnittuntersuchung anhand von Aggregatdaten. Pp. 159-187 in: Andreas Hadjar, Sandra Hupka-Brunner (Eds.) Geschlecht, Migrationshintergrund und Bildungserfolg. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Juventa. more
Roth, Tobias, Zerrin Salikutluk and Irena Kogan (2010): Auf die „richtigen“ Kontakte kommt es an! Soziale Ressourcen und die Bildungsaspirationen der Mütter von Haupt-, Real- und Gesamtschülern in Deutschland. Pp. 179-212 in: Birgit Becker, David Reimer (Eds.) Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule. Die Generierung von ethnischen und sozialen Disparitäten in der Bildungsbiographie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Thesis

Roth, Tobias (2014): Die Rolle sozialer Netzwerke für den Erfolg von Einheimischen und Migranten im deutschen (Aus-)Bildungssystem. Mannheim: University of Mannheim. more

Conference Presentations

Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2024): Conflict and support during apprenticeship training in Germany: Consequences for apprenticeship success and further employment in the company. [31st Annual Workshop Transitions in Youth (TiY), University of Warsaw, September 04th to September 06th, 2024] more
Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2022): Pre-existing firm contacts and satisfaction with and stability of apprenticeship training in Germany. [DFG Priority Programme SPP1646 Education as a Lifelong Process: Final Conference of the third Funding Phase, (virtual conference), March 28th to March 30th, 2022] more
Roth, Tobias, and Markus Weißmann (2019): The influence of parents’ social capital on their children’s transition to vocational training in Germany. [1st Workshop of the Anglo-German Early Career Researcher Network on School-to-Work Transitions and Consequences for Individual Life Courses, Nürnberg, April 04th to April 05th, 2019] more
Roth, Tobias, and Markus Weißmann (2019): The role of parents’ ethnic networks in the school-to-work transition in Germany. [ISA RC28 Spring Meeting 2019, Frankfurt, March 21st to March 23rd, 2019] more
Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2019): Occupational aspirations and ethnic inequalities at the transition from school to vocational training in Germany. [International Conference "Immigrants' Integration: Educational Opportunities & Life Chances", Ascona, June 23rd to June 28th, 2019] more
Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2019): Occupational aspirations and ethnic inequalities at the transition from school to vocational training in Germany. [27th Annual Workshop Transitions in Youth, Maastricht, October 02nd to October 05th, 2019] more
Kretschmer, David, and Tobias Roth (2018): Are Peer Effects in Educatonal Expectations Real? Spearating Influence, Selection, and Spurious Effects. [26th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network Transitions in Youth (TIY), MZES, Mannheim, September 05th to September 08th, 2018] more
Roth, Tobias (2018): Der Einfluss bildungspolitischer Reformen auf die soziale Ungleichheit beim Sekundarschulbesuch. [9. Nutzerkonferenz "Forschen mit dem Mikrozensus", Mannheim, November 27th to November 28th, 2018] more
Roth, Tobias (2018): The role of parents' ethnic networks in the school-to-work transition in Germany. [Vortragsreihe des Instituts für Erziehungswissenschaft, Bern, December 05th, 2018] more
Roth, Tobias (2017): "Vitamin B" bei der Lehrstellensuche. [5. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung "Durch Bildung gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen meistern", Heidelberg, March 13th to March 15th, 2017] more
Roth, Tobias (2017): Ethnic networks and ethnic differences at the transition to vocational training in Germany. [Colloquium of the DFG Priority Programme 1646 'Education as a Lifelong Process. Analyzing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), Florenz, May 23rd to May 24th, 2017] more
Roth, Tobias, and Markus Weißmann (2017): On the way from school to work: investigating ethnic inequalities in the transition to vocational training in Germany. [ECSR 2017 Conference "Institutions, Inequality and Social Dynamics", Bocconi University, Milano, August 31st to September 02nd, 2017] more
Roth, Tobias (2017): The role of ethnicity, religion and religiousness for the school-to-work transition. [International closing conference of second funding phase of DFG Priority Programme 1646 “Education as a Lifelong Process. Analyzing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)”, Bamberg, December 04th to December 05th, 2017] more
Weißmann, Markus, and Tobias Roth (2017): Ethnic networks and ethnic differences at the transition to vocational training in Germany. [3rd International Conference on Transitions in Youth, Young Adulthood and Beyond, University of Bern, September 29th to September 30th, 2017] more
Roth, Tobias (2016): Der Einfluss des sozialen Umfelds auf die realistischen Bildungsaspirationen von Jugendlichen am Ende der Sekundarstufe I. [38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Universität Bamberg, September 26th to September 30th, 2016] more
Roth, Tobias (2016): Interpersonal influences on the apprenticeship search in Germany. [24th Annual Workshop of Transitions in Youth (TIY): Transition to Adulthood and Life Course Inequalities: Good Entry, Good Life?, University of Trento, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Roth, Tobias (2016): The influence of parents’ social networks on the transition after secondary level I in Germany. [Colloquium of the DFG Priority Programme 1646 'Education as a Lifelong Process. Analyzing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)', European University Institute, Firenze, September 15th to September 16th, 2016] more
Roth, Tobias, and Manuel Siegert (2015): Freedom of choice versus equality? The effect of families’ free choice at the first crucial transition in the educational system of Germany on the extent of social inequality of educational attainment. [ECSR Conference 2015 – Cumulative Inequalities in the Life Course, Tallinn University, September 10th to September 12th, 2015] more
Roth, Tobias (2015): Interpersonal Influences on Educational Aspirations: New Evidence for Germany. [GIF Workshop “Globalization, mobility, immigration and inequality in a comparative perspective”, Berlin, December 01st to December 02nd, 2015] more
Roth, Tobias (2015): Social Networks and the Transition from Education to Work. [First Conference of the Second Funding Phase of the DFG Priority Programme 1646: Education as a Lifelong Process, Bamberg, October 01st to October 02nd, 2015] more
Roth, Tobias, and Manuel Siegert (2014): Primary school recommendation and educational inequality: What effect does the bindingness of primary school recommendation have on the class-specific distribution of students on different school types in secondary education in Germany?. [International Conference: How do educational systems shape educational inequalities?, Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, July 02nd to July 04th, 2014] more
Siegert, Manuel, and Tobias Roth (2014): Of Preferences and Restrictions - Occupational Aspirations of Young Women with a Turkish Background. [Final Conference of the First Funding Phase / DFG Priority Programme 1646: "Education as a Lifelong Process", Leibnitz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe e.V. (LIfBi), Bamberg, December 15th to December 16th, 2014] more
Roth, Tobias (2013): Social Networks and Apprenticeship Search: The Role of Accessed and Mobilized Social Capital for Finding an Apprenticeship in the German Vocational Training System. [ECSR Conference: Developments in Social Inequality and Social Cohesion, Tilburg University, October 14th to October 16th, 2013] more
Roth, Tobias (2012): Effects of Social Networks on Finding an Apprenticeship in the German Vocational Training System. [20th annual workshop TIY: Transition in Youth: A 20 Year Perspective, Nijmegen, September 05th to September 08th, 2012] more
Roth, Tobias (2012): Effects of Social Networks on Finding an Apprenticeship in the German Vocational Training System. [ECSR/EQUALSOC Conference: Economic change, Quality of life and Social cohesion, Stockholm, September 24th to September 26th, 2012] more
Roth, Tobias (2012): Social Networks, Attitudes and Expectations: Do Attitudes Towards Education Mediate the Relationship Between Social Networks and Parental Expectations?. [International Sociological Association RC28 on Social Stratification and Social Mobility Spring Meeting, Hong Kong, May 10th to May 13th, 2012] more
Roth, Tobias (2011): The role of social resources for the explanation of ethnic educational inequalities in the German school system. [I.N.T.E.G.R.A.T.I.O.N. - Institutional and Life-Course Perspectives on Migration, Bremen, January 20th to January 22nd, 2011] more
Siegert, Manuel, and Tobias Roth (2011): Favouring Sons over Daughters? Gender specific differences with regard to pupils with Turkish background attending a Gymnasium. [Gender Variations in Educational Success: Searching for Causes, Luxemburg, October 03rd to October 05th, 2011] more
Roth, Tobias (2010): The Role of Social Resources for the Explanation of Ethnic Educational Inequalities in the German School System. [BiKS Summer School “Institutional and Contextual Determinants of Educational Judgement, Decision Making and Learning, Universität Bamberg, September 21st to September 24th, 2010] more
Salikutluk, Zerrin, and Tobias Roth (2010): Attitudes and Aspirations: Do Attitudes Towards Education Mediate the Relationship between Social Networks and the Level of Realistic Aspirations?. [Equalsoc EDUC Research Group: Diplomas: Expectations and Returns, ESRI / Dublin, January 28th to January 29th, 2010] more
Salikutluk, Zerrin, Irena Kogan and Tobias Roth (2010): Success of Migrant children and youths in the educational systems of Israel and Germany. [Outcome Workshop 'Migration and societal Integration' of the German-Israeli Research Consortium, Axica Congress Centre, Berlin, March 23rd to March 24th, 2010] more