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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2014
Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general training at the upper secondary school level. Despite the dominance of programs offering specific training, long-term relative...
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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W. (contributor);  … - 2005
data are based on a number of matched longitudinal administrative data sets covering the full population of Sweden. For the …
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Earnings over the life course : general versus vocational education
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Stenberg, Anders - 2017
Two common hypotheses regarding the relative benefits of vocational versus general education are (1) that vocational skills enhance relative short-term earnings and (2) that general skills enhance relative long-term earnings. Empirical evidence for these hypotheses has remained limited. Based on...
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Are apprenticeships business cycle proof?
Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018
Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during economic crises, thus exacerbating the problem of youth...
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many years,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770651
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A balancing act at times of austerity : matching the supply and demand for skills in the Greek labour market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2014
This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the current situation prevailing in the Greek market for skills and jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic crisis of 2008, is crucial as it is currently faced...
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Making it real : the benefits of workplace learning in upper-secondary VET courses
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013
In OECD countries, "real world" upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) programs are used to engage …. In general terms, VET programs with high employer involvement, such as apprenticeship schemes, are considered to be … superior to classroom-based VET programs that are typically found in many English-speaking countries. In this study, we examine …
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Fully integrating upper-secondary vocational and academic courses : a flexible new way?
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2016
the vocational education and training (VET) track, which in many countries leads to the stigmatisation of VET courses. To … tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a … national VET qualification and university entry. In this study, we estimate the impacts of taking these courses on academic …
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Local norms describing the role of the state and the private provision of training
Kuhn, Andreas; Schweri, Jürg; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2019
Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is that firms act in accordance with...
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IT skills, occupation specificity and job separations
Eggenberger, Christian; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
This paper examines how workers' earnings change after involuntary job separations depending on the workers' acquired IT skills and the specificity of their occupational training. We categorize workers' occupational skill bundles along two independent dimensions. First, we distinguish between...
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