Selected Publications

• Kelley, K., Hipp, L. & Protsch, P. (2024) Organizational commitments to equality change how people view women’s and men’s professional success. Scientific Reports 14, 7609

• Flohr, M. and Protsch, P. (2022). Young people’s job-search strategies in the German apprenticeship market: Who relies on referrals by strong ties and why?  Acta Sociologica  OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993221115544

• Protsch, P. (2021). Employers’ recruitment contexts and hiring preferences in the German youth labor market. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 73.

• Flohr, M., Menze, L. and Protsch, P. (2020). Berufliche Aspirationen im Kontext regionaler Berufsstrukturen. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 72, 79–104.

• Borgna, C., Solga, H. and Protsch, P. (2019). Overeducation, Labor Market Dynamics, and Economic Downturn in Europe. European Sociological Review, 35, 116‐132.

• Protsch, P. (2017). Getting a foot in the door: How organisational characteristics shape recruitment decisions in the dual apprenticeship system. Journal of Education and Work, 30, 585-598.

• Protsch, P. and Solga H. (2017). Going across Europe for an Apprenticeship. A factorial survey experiment on employers’ hiring preferences in Germany. Journal of European Social Policy, 27, 387-399.

• Dumont, H., Protsch P., Jansen, M. and Becker, M. (2017). Fish swimming into the ocean: How tracking relates to students’ self‐beliefs and school disengagement at the end of schooling. Journal of Educational Psychology, 109, 855-870.

• Protsch, P. and Solga, H. (2015). How Employers Use Signals of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills at Labor Market Entry. Insights from Field Experiments. European Sociological Review, 31, 521–532.

• Protsch, P. (2014). Segmentierte Ausbildungsmärkte. Berufliche Chancen von Hauptschülerinnen und Hauptschülern im Wandel. Opladen: Budrich UniPress