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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...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160614
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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
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The effects of training on own and co-worker productivity: evidence from a field experiment
de, Grip Andries; Jan, Sauermann - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. Toidentify the causal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomlyassigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on individual workerperformance before and after training. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011202139
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The role of peers in estimating tenure-performance profiles: Evidence from personnel data
de, Grip Andries; Jan, Sauermann; Inge, Sieben - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data thatcontain detailed information on individual workers’performance. We find that 10per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of astandard deviation. This translates to an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011202145