This study investigates the relevance of career compromises (i.e., the discrepancy between the expected and the actually attained training position) to the decision to drop out of vocational education and training (VET), focusing on compromises in terms of social status and gender type. We pay particular attention to upward and downward compromises. Using longitudinal data on 7205 apprentices from the German National Educational Panel Study (Starting Cohort 4), the results of discrete event history models show that both dimensions of compromise are crucial to the decision to drop out of a first VET position. In particular, downward gender-type discrepancies increase the probability that female apprentices will drop out. These findings draw attention to the role of pre-entry VET policies, such as career counseling, in minimizing the incidence of career compromises.

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德国职业教育和培训的职业妥协和辍学

本研究调查了职业妥协（即预期和实际获得的培训职位之间的差异）与退出职业教育和培训 (VET) 的决定之间的相关性，重点关注社会地位和性别类型方面的妥协。我们特别注意向上和向下的妥协。使用来自德国国家教育小组研究（起始队列 4）的 7205 名学徒的纵向数据，离散事件历史模型的结果表明，妥协的两个维度对于退出第一个 VET 职位的决定至关重要。特别是，向下的性别类型差异会增加女学徒辍学的可能性。这些调查结果提请注意进入前 VET 政策的作用，例如职业咨询、