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Skill mismatch and skill use in developed countries: Evidence from the PIAAC study
Levels M.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M.; Allen J.P. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
In this paper we develop and test a new set of measures of skill mismatches, based on data on skill levels and skill use in the domains of literacy and numeracy from the PIAAC project. The measures we develop represent the extent of skill use relative to ones own skill level. We test the...
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Determinants of individual academic achievement - Group selectivity effects have many dimensions
Zwick Th. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
tertiary education or cognitive skills. This paper is based on a large and representative graduate survey of graduates in the …
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What is expected of higher education graduates in the 21st century?
der, Velden R.K.W. van; Humburg M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
In this paper, we reflect on the skills higher education graduates are expected to have in todays economy and the role … of higher education in equipping graduates with these skills. First, we identify 6 trends which form the basis of the … role of higher education institutions in equipping graduates with these skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734856
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Skills and the graduate recruitment process: Evidence from two discrete choice experiments
der, Velden R.K.W. van; Humburg M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
In this study we elicit employers preferences for a variety of CV attributes and types of skills when recruiting university graduates. Using two discrete choice experiments, we simulate the two common steps of the graduate recruitment process 1 the selection of suitable candidates for job...
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Personality and field of study choice
Humburg M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
Field of study choice has far-reaching implications for individuals enrolling in university. Field of study choice is strongly linked to the subject matter graduates will specialize in, the kind of work environment they will be working in, and the returns to their skills they can expect once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856523
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Gender gaps in primary school achievement. A decomposition into endowments and returns to IQ and non-cognitive factors
Golsteyn B.H.H.; Schils T. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
In elementary school, girls typically outperform boys in languages and boys typically outperform girls in math. The determinants of these differences have remained largely unexplored. Using rich data from Dutch elementary schools, we decompose the differences in achievement into gender...
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Educational mismatches and skills: New empirical tests of old hypotheses
Allen J.P.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M.; Levels M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
contexts. These observations suggest that skills matter for explaining wage effects of education and educational mismatches …
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Narrow versus broad vocational education: labour market position and curriculum characteristics of specialised versus less specialised vocational education programmes in the Nether...
Coenen J.B.; Heijke J.A.M.; Meng C.M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
This paper compares narrow, or specialised, and broad, or less specialised, upper-secondary vocational education VE … education graduates 18 months after graduation. The Level 4 programmes of the school-based learning route are investigated. To … separate narrow from broad programmes, a new criterion is used, based on the idea that the match between education and a job …
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Social background's effect of educational attainment: Does method matter?
Büchner C.I.R.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Wolbers M.H.J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
Social background directly impacts educational choice and attainment, but also influences choice and attainment indirectly by affecting school performance. Boudon (1974) described this relationship as primary (indirect) and secondary (direct) effects of social stratification. Based on this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133594
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Can gender differences in the educational performance of 15-year old migrant pupils be explained by the gender equality in the countries of origin and destination?
Kornder N.; Dronkers J.; Dronkers J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We try to explain the differences between the performance (in both reading and math) of 8430 15-year-old daughters and 8526 15-year-old sons in 17 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development destination countries across Europe and Oceania with the PISA 2009 data from 45 origin...
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