This paper analyzes the effect of alternative transition paths after grade 9 of German lower secondary school on vocational training. Using a selection-on-observables approach I show that a delayed transition into vocational training after lower track secondary school is not a disadvantage...

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the (imperfect) international transferability of human capital. Data are drawn from the 2009 Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS). We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower...

Thurow?s job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...

Mit dem Band 'Qualifikationsbedarf der Zukunft II - Bildungsbiographien, Arbeitsmarktkarrieren und Arbeitsmarktbedarf' legt das AMS Österreich, Abt. Berufsinformations- und Qualifikationsforschung im Rahmen der Publikationsreihe 'AMS report' einen weiteren Sammelband vor, der - ausgehend von...

Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen-Studienrichtungen/-gänge erfreuen sich ungebrochener Beliebtheit und auch die Nachfrage am Arbeitsmarkt nach AbsolventInnen ist nach wie vor größer als das Angebot. Wie schon in der Wirtschaftsingenieurstudie 2010 erhoben, zeigen auch die Ergebnisse der aktuellen...

This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is limited to training measures that took place between July...

In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational classroom training on therate of transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases theunemployment duration of non-participants, an effect neglected in programme...

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...