The school-to-work transition (STWT) represents a challenge for many young people in Germany today. Previous studies have particularly focused on the influence of adolescents' socio-demographic background as well as national institutions and transition regimes. However, qualitative studies have shown that in addition to these factors, adolescents' and young adults' social environment, especially their parental relationships, may also contribute to a more or less promising STWT. Despite these findings, such factors have so far only played a minor role in quantitative research on young people's STWT trajectories. Our aim is to explain STWTs through young people's social embeddedness, assuming that the difficult transition into working life is also shaped by the young people's family context. To achieve this objective, data on the first cohort (birth cohorts 1991–1993) of the German Family Panel (pairfam) are analysed. A sequence and cluster analysis were conducted on these data, which yielded seven transition patterns. In accordance with the structure of the German labour market, these patterns can be described as more linear transitions or non-standard transitions. Multinomial logistic regressions reveal that in addition to parental financial and human capital, indicators of the family's social capital (family structure, parent-child communication as well as emotional security) are decisive for a successful STWT.

学校到工作的过渡 (STWT) 是当今德国许多年轻人面临的挑战。以前的研究特别关注青少年社会人口背景以及国家机构和过渡制度的影响。然而，定性研究表明，除了这些因素之外，青少年和年轻人的社会环境，尤其是他们的父母关系，也可能或多或少有助于 STWT。尽管有这些发现，但到目前为止，这些因素在年轻人 STWT 轨迹的定量研究中只发挥了次要作用。我们的目的是通过年轻人的社会嵌入来解释 STWT，假设向工作生活的艰难过渡也受到年轻人家庭环境的影响。为了实现这一目标，pairfam）进行分析。对这些数据进行了序列和聚类分析，得出了七种转变模式。根据德国劳动力市场的结构，这些模式可以描述为更线性的转变或非标准的转变。多项逻辑回归表明，除了父母的财务和人力资本外，家庭社会资本（家庭结构、亲子沟通以及情感安全）的指标对于 STWT 的成功具有决定性意义。