With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often … seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the … its main implementation strengths and challenges. We subsequently review the evidence on the effectiveness of VET versus …

With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often … seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the … its main implementation strengths and challenges. We subsequently review the evidence on the effectiveness of VET versus …

Young people have been among those most affected by the recent financial crisis. Vocational education and training (VET … understanding of VET in industrialized countries, proposing a typology with three types of vocational systems: 1) vocational and … effectiveness of VET versus general education and the relative effectiveness of the different VET systems. Results indicate that VET …