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Minimum wages and vocational training incentives in Germany
Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2017
We examine the impact of sector-specific minimum wages in Germany on the willingness of youths to undergo vocational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710845
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231025
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770651
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209725
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Mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : what do we know about them?
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We … programs ; incentives on inputs and outputs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153571
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Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147855
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Incentives and Services for College Achievement : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Daniel; Oreopoulos, Philip - 2021
. Another (incentives) was offered substantial merit-scholarships for solid, but not necessarily top, first year grades. A third … offered both services and incentives than for those offered services alone. No program had an effect on men's grades or other … that incentives were given in the first year only. The results suggest that the study skills acquired in response to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316744
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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"
Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015
China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic convergence with the most advanced economies and to offset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399425
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The effects of vocational education on adult skills and wages : what can we learn from PIAAC?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2015
In this report we investigate the effects of vocational education and training (VET) on adult skills and labour market outcomes by using the PIAAC survey. Data comparability across countries, the breath of countries involved, and the almost unique presence of information on assessed skills,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403045
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Investing efficiently in education and active labour market policies in Slovakia
Klein, Caroline - 2013
In Slovakia, educational outcomes are below the OECD average and are too dependent on the socioeconomic background of students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active labour market policies are very low by international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711243