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Apprenticeship in Europe: 'fading' or flourishing?
Steedman, Hilary - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper sets out the extent and defining characteristics of apprenticeship in Europe. Apprenticeship is then … situated within the wider context of European provision for education and training of 16-19 year olds and a simple typology is … minimal integration of apprenticeship into full-time 16-19 provision and weak links with tertiary education. The UK, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745600
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Networks in the premodern economy: the market for London apprenticeships, 1600-1749
Leunig, Tim; Minns, Chris; Wallis, Patrick - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
premodern London. Using newly digitised records of those beginning an apprenticeship in London between 1600 and 1749, we find … migrant apprentices’ fathers came from outside of the craft sector. Our results suggest that the market for apprenticeship was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746261
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The growth of extended 'entry tournaments' and the decline of institutionalised occupational labour markets in Britain
Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In recent years, British labour markets have been characterised by a decline of institutional regulation of entry routes into many occupations and internal labour markets. This paper examines this change by comparing occupational labour markets for selected occupations in which institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744947
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The returns to apprenticeship training
McIntosh, Steven - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
if they complete an apprenticeship programme. The results suggest gains of around 5-7% for men, but no benefit for women … qualifications with the apprenticeship, at level 3 or above. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746566
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Does high involvement management lead to higher pay?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Using nationally representative survey data for Finnish employees linked to register data on their wages and work histories we find wage effects of high involvement management (HIM) practices are generally positive and significant. However, employees with better wage and work histories are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071162
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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Ireland, Norman; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745232
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Peer effects in science: evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745806
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Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance
Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal link remains contested. This study estimates the short-term effect of very deprived neighborhoods, characterized by a high density of social housing, on the educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126243
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Close neighbours matter: neighbourhood effects on early performance at school
Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Children’s outcomes are strongly correlated with those of their neighbours. The extent to which this is causal is the subject of an extensive literature. An identification problem exists because people with similar characteristics are observed to live in close proximity. Another major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928637
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To leave or not to leave? A regression discontinuity analysis of the impact of failing the High School exit exam
Ou, Dongshu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
The high school exit exam (HSEE) is rapidly becoming a standardized assessment procedure for educational accountability in the United States. I use a unique state-specific dataset to identify the effect of failing the HSEE on the likelihood that a student drops out early based on a Regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884554