in other countries like australia denmark finland germany iceland the netherlands norway and switzerland they enter paid work earlier with a dual workeducation approach eg apprenticeship playing a crucial role in bridging educational and professional aspects figure a in annex a the way women and men enter the labour market differs and impacts their future career evolution women are much more likely to begin their careers in temporary jobs in australia finland sweden the netherlands and luxembourg figure for japan data provided by r kambayashi based on the japanese labour force survey