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The effects of higher education programme characteristics on allocation and performance of the graduates: a European view
Hans, Heijke; Christoph, Meng - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2006
transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147021
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Determinants of dropout behaviour in a job training programme for disadvantaged youths
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
A general conclusion of the youth job training programme (YJTP) evaluationliterature is that these programmes are more effective when completed. Yet,YJTPs suffer from substantial dropout problems. This paper studies the extent ofthe dropout phenomenon and under which circumstances dropout is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147024
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Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
Didier, Fouarge; Trudie, Schils; de, Grip Andries - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
Several studies document the fact that low-educated workers participate less often infurther training than high-educated workers. The economic literature suggests thatthere is no significant difference in employer willingness to train low-educated workers,which leaves the question of why the low...
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Does Perceived Support in Employee Development Affect Personnel Turnover?
Fleur, Koster; de, Grip Andries; Didier, Fouarge - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009
Th is paper focuses on the question whether it is benefi cial for fi rms to invest inthe general skills of their workforce or that these training investments merelyencourage personnel turnover. We examine two contrary theoretical perspectives onhow investments in employee development are related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160598
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Job Mobility and hours of work: the effect of Dutch legislation
Didier, Fouarge; Christine, Baaijens - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009
Previous research has pointed to the existence of hours constraints on the labour market: not all employees’ preferences with respect to the length of the working week seem to be fulfilled, and changes in the number of working hours often coincide with job mobility. In this paper, we test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160610
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Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition
Andreas, Ammermüller; Hans, Heijke; Ludger, Wöszmann - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2003
data for lower secondary education. The results show substantial effects of student background on educational performance …
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Flexible contracts and human capital investments
Didier, Fouarge; de, Grip Andries; Wendy, Smits; de, … - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
As suggested by human capital theory, workers with flexible contracts participate lessoften in training than those with permanent contracts. We find that this is merely dueto the fact that flexworkers receive less employer–funded training, a gap they can onlypartly compensate for by their own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160619
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Is Part-Time Employment Beneficial for Firm Productivity?
Annemarie, Nelen; de, Grip Andries; Didier, Fouarge - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
This paper analyzes whether part-time employment is beneficial for firm productivityin the service sector. Using a unique dataset on the Dutch pharmacy sectorthat includes the work hours of all employees and a “hard” physical measure offirm productivity, we estimate a production function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160635
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Job-training programmes with low completion rates: The case of Projoven-Peru
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
Projoven is an ongoing Peruvian youth job-training programme started in 1996and conducted in successive waves or ‘public calls’. The programme has twophases of instruction: i) three months of classroom training, followed by ii) threemonths of on-the-job training internship. From 1997 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165171
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
de, Grip Andries; Didier, Fouarge; Jan, Sauermann - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2008
In public policy, international migration of scientists and engineers is often seen as achance of recruiting the most talented and productive workers. However, it can alsobe a risk in terms of loosing a country’s talented workers. In this paper, we analysemigration of graduates from science...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165174