Search Results - subject:"Lifelong learning"

Governance and structural transformation in Africa : thresholds of lifelong gender inclusive education

Asongu, Simplice; Bouanza, Jean R. F. K.; Akpa, Armand … - 2024

established. (i) Gender inclusive lifelong learning does not effectively moderate political governance and associated components … lifelong learning effectively moderates economic governance and associated dimensions (i.e., government effectiveness and …

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On the usage of the premodifier learning among scholars and practitioners

Örtenblad, Anders - In: Making sense of the learning turn : why and in what …, (pp. 49-73). 2024

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Who creates jobs with broad skillsets? : the crucial role of firms

De Marzo, Giordano; Mathew, Nanditha; Sbardella, Angelica - 2023

Our study investigates the heterogeneity of skill demands within occupations, the firm activities that are associated with demand for broader skill sets, and the firm characteristics that are related to particular skills and different combinations of skills. We use a unique matched database of...

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Skills and employment transitions in Brazil

Adamczyk, Willian; Ehrl, Philipp; Monasteiro, Leonardo - 2022

This paper analyses employment transitions and workers' skills in Brazil using a random sample from the universe of formal labour contracts covering the period from 2003 to 2018. We develop a novel procedure to derive a measure of occupational distance and internationally comparable skill...

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The economic implications of training for firm performance

Martins, Pedro S. - 2022

This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...

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Different degrees of skill obsolescence across hard and soft skills and the role of lifelong learning for labor market outcomes

Schultheiss, Tobias; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022

This paper examines the role of lifelong learning in counteracting skill depreciation and obsolescence. We build on …-2019). We examine lifelong learning effects for "harder" versus "softer" occupations, thereby analyzing the role of training in … patterns regarding the benefits from lifelong learning across occupations: In harder occupations, with large shares of fast …

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Democracy and lifelong learning in Africa

Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

learning in Africa and includes primary, secondary, and tertiary school enrolment, as well as a lifelong learning index derived … and lifelong learning in Africa. … educational outcomes, however, continue to be subpar at all levels. This study examines the impact of democracy on lifelong …

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Costs and benefits of an Individual Learning Account (ILA) : a simulation analysis for the Netherlands

Bussink, Henri; Weel, Bas ter - 2022

This study analyses costs and benefits of a public-private funded individual learning account (ILA) for the labour force in the Netherlands. We consider an ILA that is funded by subsidies targeted at low- and medium-educated workers and co-funded by training levies as a share of the wage bill....

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Does learning matter for wages in Korea? : international comparison of wage returns to adult education and training

Park, Yoonsoo - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 44 (2022) 2, pp. 29-44

This study compares the wage equation in Korea to those in other countries, focusing on the wage returns to adult education and training (AET) participation. It is found that the wage compensation structure in Korea is associated mainly with job characteristics such as tenure and workplace size...

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Using online vacancy and job applicants' data to study skills dynamics

Bennett, Fidel; Escudero, Verónica; Liepmann, Hannah; … - 2022

We assess whether online data on vacancies and applications to a job board are a suitable source for studying skills dynamics outside of Europe and the United States, where a rich literature has examined skills dynamics using online vacancy data. Yet, the knowledge on skills dynamics is scarce...

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