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%T Unemployment in early career in the UK: a trap or a stepping stone? %A Schmelzer, Paul %J Acta Sociologica %N 3 %P 251-265 %V 54 %D 2011 %K event history analysis; growth curve models; pull vs. push mechanism; scar effect of unemployment; beruflicher Status; Arbeitsmarktrisiko %@ 1502-3869 %~ IAB %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-405328 %X In this article, I analyse the consequences of unemployment on the re-entry occupational status and subsequent occupational status growth of different educational groups in the first years of employment in the UK. I argue that phases of unemployment mean different things for different educational groups. The sequential nature of job offers causes job searchers either to accept a job offer immediately or to wait for the next offer. Higher aspirations and higher levels of savings mean that high-educated people are more likely to wait until they are offered a job that improves their occupational position. In the case of low-educated workers, however, waiting for a better job offer might not be the best strategy, because they might never get one; in addition, the low level of unemployment benefits from previous salaries, the regime of sanctions linked to the right to receive unemployment benefits and low household incomes push them into employment. I use growth curve models and parameterize in one model both the pre-unemployment and the post-unemployment phases. Based on British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data, the results confirm my argumentation: high-educated people gain status while low-educated entrants lose status upon re-entering the labour market after unemployment. %C GBR %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info