Health, Personality Disorders, Work Commitment, and Training‐to‐Employment Transitions

School‐to‐work transition research has persistently provided empirical evidence for the theoretical predictions of human capital, signaling, and credentialing, thereby emphasizing importance school performance degree attainment labor market entries. However, hitherto, in this tradition paid less attention to noncognitive socioemotional factors. We address gap by analyzing influence mental physical health, coping abilities, cooperativeness, work commitment on from apprenticeship training first job. For purpose, study draws a unique dataset 1,061 individuals Germany, combining rich survey (i.e., information concerning baseline personality disorders, attitudes) register information) data. The results linear probability models reveal that only health is associated with finding job within six months. Physical are smooth into market, i.e., situation which an individual transitions regular employment without any search gaps. Overall abilities important decent employment. after taking preselection variables educational outcomes firm characteristics) account, these associations weakened become statistically nonsignificant. Overall, provides disorders have potential induce inequality at life course stage.