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A look from the employer’s perspective: work readiness of paramedic graduates in Australia
O'Brien, Kylie; Hartley, Peter; Dawson, David; Quick, Jason - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014
The education of paramedics is undergoing significant change in Australia, moving from a post-employment model of in-house training to a pre-employment model where education is a bachelor degree in a University. However, little is known about what capabilities employers seek in paramedic...
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Boosting Productivity in Russia: Skills, Education and Innovation
Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...
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The Impact of Apprenticeship Training on Personality Traits: An Instrumental Variable Approach
Bolli, Thomas; Hof, Stefanie - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2014
This paper analyzes how apprenticeship training, i.e., work-based secondary education, affects personality traits compared to full-time school-based vocational or general education. Employing an instrumental variable approach that exploits the regional differences in the relative weight of...
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If You Get What You Want, Do You Get What You Need? Course Choice and Achievement Effects of a Vocational Education and Training Voucher Scheme
McVicar, Duncan; Polidano, Cain - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2015
Outside of apprenticeships, allocations of public funds across vocational education and training (VET) courses are … data to estimate the effects from the introduction of a broad-based voucher in VET in Australia. We show the voucher is …
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Technical and further education diploma graduates : personal capital investments and returns
Van Der Linde, Christopher Jae - 2007
This research has examined the personal capital investments and returns of a group of TAFE Diploma of Community Work graduates through the use of qualitative research methodology. Recognising that the concept of personal capital is distinct from human capital in that it considers the intrinsic...
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Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 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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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 vocational education and training courses
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - In: Economics of Education Review 42 (2014) C, pp. 130-146
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939718
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Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960114
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THE ROLE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY
Lamza-Maronic, Maja; Ivancic, Ivana; Majstorovic, Mira - In: Interdisciplinary Management Research 10 (2014), pp. 696-711
employability and the second, analyzing the system of Croatian VET in the European environment. … training (VET) in the scope of strategies for economic competitiveness. VET is designed to enable participants to develop … medium level qualification, primarily acquired through VET. There is no single European VET system. It is very diverse with …
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