Download or read book Smooth Path or Long and Winding Road? written by Kathrin Leuze and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book uses a comparative study of Germany and Britain to reveal how national institutions shape the labour market careers of higher education graduates. It identifies four institutional spheres that are important: the structure of higher education systems, the content of study, the structure of graduate labour markets, and labour market flexibility. Due to country differences, the transition from higher education to work in Germany follows a smooth path, while in Britain it is more comparable to a long and winding road.