This Open Access book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research program to utilize
data from the multicohort German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) which included over
100.000 participants in six nationally representative panel studies. Renowned researchers from
the fields of sociology psychology educational science economics and survey methodology
have used the (longitudinal) data for their substantive and or methodological questions and
present important results of their research projects. This edited volume contains contributions
from the following four topics: (1) Competence Development: Individual Characteristics
Learning Environments and other Contextual Factors (2) Educational Transitions and Pathways:
Influencing Factors and Outcomes (3) Vocational Training and Labour Market and (4)
Individuals with Migration Background. It provides essential insights for researchers postdocs
PhD students and university students of different scientific disciplines interested in
educational sciences as well as for policy makers who have to deal with educational problems in
modern societies.
