Gender differences in the transition from youth to adulthood

Abstract

The study of gender differences throughout the life course is essential to understand the social differences between women and men. The transitions from the educational system to the labor market and from family dependence to family independence determine women occupational careers and women rôles in the family. This research focuses on the parental socialization and the social construction of life trajectories. The conclusion which emerges is that the parental socialization is interdependent with the evolution of the labor market and the educational system.