Kennzeichnend für das deutsche Berufsbildungssystem waren in den letzten Jahren die wachsende Bedeutung schulischer Berufsbildungsangebote sowie der Bedeutungsverlust des dualen Ausbildungsmodells. Eine Alternative zur klassischen Berufsausbildung im dualen System bieten die beruflichen...

Recent social spending inflation in China has led to its growth rate far exceeding that of income and other consumption. In this paper, we estimate private returns to social spending, such as higher social status and larger social network that serve as certain functions. In almost all...

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...

1. Mit welcher Intensität bilden Firmen aus?2. Sind Ausbildungen Investitionen in allgemeines oder industriespezifisches Humankapital?3. Trainingsentscheidungen bei unvollständigem Arbeitsmarkt4. Trainingsentscheidungen bei unvollständigem Produktmarkt5. Ausblick auf die Zukunft des...

The development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been associated with its growing petroleum industry since late 1930s. This development has created a sudden wealth in the country that shaped its labour market as well as its skill formation systems in the years after. It has also, thanks to the...

Per pastaruosius porą dešimtmečių Lietuvos darbo rinka išgyveno nemažai sukrėtimų. Atkūrus Lietuvos nepriklausomybę buvo pereita prie rinkos ekonomikos, todėl teko reorganizuoti visą profesinių mokymų sistemą. Iki tol nusistovėjusi sistema, kuri naudojo pigią darbo jėgą buvo...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in Development and Learning in Organizations: an international journal, published by and copyright Emerald Publishing Group Limited.

The focus of this professional report is sectoral workforce development programs. Sectoral programs represent a fairly recent innovation in workforce development. Rather than train a low-skilled worker for low-skill job with low pay, sectoral programs train workers for higher-skill jobs that...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted substantial pressure on health systems around the world, and the Romanian medical system, which in the last three decades has faced numerous challenges generated by several factors, such as corruption that has strongly highlighted the disaster generated by the...