Mirte M.M. Scholten

Former researcher
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
 
 

Research Interests

  • social inequality and social mobility
  • sociology of the life course
  • educational sociology
  • gender differences

Projects

RP9 A2 Dimensions of Societal Integration: Social Stratification and Social Inequalities

RP9
Educational and Occupational Careers of Tertiary Education Drop-outs

RP8 A2 Spheres of Societal Integration: Family, Education, and Labour Markets

RP8
Panel Study on Family Dynamics

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.)

Journal Articles

Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2017): Vocational qualification as safety-net? Education-to-work transitions of higher education dropouts in Germany. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 9, issue 7, pp. 1-17. more
Weiss, Felix, and Mirte M.M. Scholten (2014): Gender differences in the influence of parental class on young adults’ participation in postsecondary education in the US. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38, issue 2, pp. 182-199. more

MZES Working Papers

Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2017): Labour Market Outcomes of Higher-Education Dropouts in Germany: How Formal Vocational Qualifications Shape Education-To-Work Transitions and Occupational Status. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 168] more

Thesis

Scholten, Mirte M.M. (2016): Causes and Consequences of Higher Education Non-Completion in Germany. The effect of pre-tertiary educational pathways on higher-education non-completion and the labour market outcomes of higher-education dropouts. Mannheim: University of Mannheim. [Soziologie] (Dissertation) more

Conference Presentations

Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2014): Higher education dropout in times of economic crises. [ECSR 2014 Conference 'Social Inequalities in Europe – On the Rise Again?', WZB Berlin, September 23rd to September 25th, 2014] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2014): Higher education non-completion in times of economic crises. [22nd Annual Workshop Transitions In Youth (TIY), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, September 03rd to September 06th, 2014] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2014): Labour market returns of higher education drop-outs: human capital or signalling?. [XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, July 13th to July 19th, 2014] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2014): School-to-work transitions of higher education dropouts. [ISA RC28 Spring Conference 'Old and new social divides: social stratification research in the 21th century', Central European University, Budapest, May 08th to May 10th, 2014] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2013): Labour market returns of higher education dropouts: Human capital or signalling?. [21st Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, WZB, Berlin, September 11th to September 14th, 2013] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2013): Pathways in and out of higher education: Effects of prior educational and vocational pathways on higher education drop out in Germany. [SPP 1646 Summer School 'Educational Trajectories and Competence Development – Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Implementations', Bamberg, September 16th to September 27th, 2013] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M., and Nicole Tieben (2012): Gender and class differences in tertiary education dropout: Effects of entry pathways and age.. [ECSR/EQUALSOC Conference: Economic change, Quality of life and Social cohesion, Stockholm, September 24th to September 26th, 2012] more
Brüderl, Josef, Laura Castiglioni, Jette Schröder, Elena Boldin, Julie Gast, Bernadette Huyer-May, Volker Ludwig, Klaus Pforr, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Mirte M.M. Scholten, Nina Schumann and Philipp Schütze (2011): pairfam Waves 1 - 3: Field Report and Data Editing. [Advisory Board Meeting of the pairfam-Project, München, September 21st, 2011] more
Scholten, Mirte M.M. (2011): The long arms of parents? Social inequality in women's college entry throughout the life course in the US.. [Gender Variations in Educational Success, Luxembourg, October 03rd to October 05th, 2011] more
Weiss, Felix, and Mirte M.M. Scholten (2009): Gender difference in the influence of parental class on young adults participation in postsecondary education in the US. [IAB Workshop on Education in Adulthood and the Labour Market, Nürnberg, November 06th to November 07th, 2009] more