TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This study seeks to ascertain whether there are regional gender differences in vocational education in Bulgaria at the upper secondary level and to shed more light on the main factors for the (non-)emergence of these differences. The research has drawn on data from the National Statistical Institute and the Centre for Information in Education in Bulgaria as well as a nationally representative school-leavers survey (2014); it has applied descriptive statistics and multilevel modelling for the data analysis. Overall, the present study demonstrates that the regional dimension is indispensable for understanding the development of vocational education and gender differentiation in education. The analysis provides evidence that the mechanism by which the education system contributes to regional gender segregation in vocational education is its opportunity structures at the regional level, which are related to vocational education offers. In addition, we found a positive association between industrial development and the share of women in engineering at the regional level.
VL  - 31
SN  - 978-1-78560-347-1, 978-1-78560-346-4/0195-6310
DO  - 10.1108/S0195-631020150000031006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020150000031006
AU  - Ilieva-Trichkova Petya
AU  - Stoilova Rumiana
AU  - Boyadjieva☆
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PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Regional Gender Differences in Vocational Education in Bulgaria
T2  - Gender Segregation in Vocational Education
T3  - Comparative Social Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 151
EP  - 180
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -