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Loafing or Learning? : The demand for informal education

Fahr, René (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Lifelong learning inequality? : the relevance of family background for on-the-job training

Antoni, Manfred - 2011

Despite ample evidence on intergenerational persistence of formal education as well as on the determinants of non-formal training, these issues have not yet been analysed jointly. The question remains whether people from low-qualified family backgrounds make up for their relatively sparse own...

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Using online platforms for competence tests : a component of the demographic policy of Germany

Spermann, Alexander - 2014

Lifelong learning represents a key response to the demographic challenge in Germany. In terms of professional success, not only hard skills but also soft skills hold importance. Indeed, the OECD competence tests PISA and PIAAC have come to the fore, although acquired skills are still relevant....

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Personality traits and further training

Laible, Marie-Christine; Anger, Silke; Baumann, Martina - 2020

The notion of lifelong learning is gaining importance, not only in the labor market but also in other areas of modern societies. Previous research finds variation in occupation-related training participation by worker and workplace characteristics, gender, and education. However, evidence on the...

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Globalization, EU enlargement and income distribution

Breuss, Fritz - 2007

factors of production (capital and labor). In contrast, the consequences of FDI from the capital abundant country (EU) to the … country CGE model, including the EU and the CEEC. A panel regression for both regions separately, helps to decide empirically … advantage (increase in global net trade) has contributed to a decline in the labor income shares in the EU. Additionally, those …

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