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&T education on the distribution of earnings. Findings – S&T graduates have a wider occupational domain. Additionally, tabulations …
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This article analysis the impact of training on wages using combined survey‐register material. The objective is … threefold: to combine survey and register information to estimate individual return from training on wages; to estimate the … impact from both individual and firm level training on individual wages; and to confront the results with control for …
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This paper analyses the effects of both training and overeducation on upward mobility in the internal labour market …. As expected, “career training” influences upward mobility positively. However, contrary to the predictions of … segmentation theory, particularly in the supplementary labour market career training is a means of gaining promotion to a higher …
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This paper reports the results of an evaluation examining the effectiveness of a private sector graduate training … programme, with little evidence of any direct gains deriving from the training component. The results appear to suggest that the … effective role of such initiatives may lie in their expertise as specialist recruitment agencies as opposed to training …
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This paper compares the training requirements of alternative tourism development strategies which are differentiated by … differences in job characteristics, as well as differences in human capital, with respect to both education and on …‐the‐job training, depending on the category of the hotel. The article uses a discrete choice model to identify the characteristics of …
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account the selective acquisition of school qualifications, and the selective choice of vocational training programs with … entering initial vocational training in Germany – the grade attained also proves to have a strong effect on the risk of … capital endowments such as experience, tenure, and on‐the‐job‐training increase.  …
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of vocational training on unemployed workers not typically studied …: women enrolled in engineering or computer programming training and high school dropouts. Design/methodology/approach – Using … data from New Jersey's Individual Training Grant (ITG) program and a quasi‐experimental design, the study compares the ITG …
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&T education on the distribution of earnings. Findings – S&T graduates have a wider occupational domain. Additionally, tabulations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783344
Deplores the paucity of vocational education and training (VET) in the UK, especially for the young, citing bad …, arguing for full‐time versus part‐time training, specialized versus general, adults versus youths, and employer versus self …‐sponsorship. Discusses training vis‐à‐vis free tuition, traineeship, required attendance, accreditation and administration, and concludes …
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Examines the link between the institutional structure of the market for training and economic performance. Suggests … that the market for training has a major potential for failure and that institutional structures are eeded to mitigate this …
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