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Job (in)security and workers’ training decisions : a framing approach
Kamphuis, Pascal; Glebbeek, Arie C. - In: International journal for research in vocational … 7 (2020) 3, pp. 361-387
Context: In this study, we attempt to contribute to the scarce evidence about the relationship between perceived labour market insecurity and worker training investments. Drawing on existing research into framing in decision-making, we investigate whether framing the labour market as insecure...
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Programs' efficacy to develop employable skills for people with functional diversity : a meta-analysis
Gonzálvez, Carolina; Marhuenda-Fluixá, Fernando - In: International journal for research in vocational … 8 (2021) 3, pp. 300-333
and develop employability and that are conducted upon experimental conditions do have a positive impact upon young people …
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Crossing boundaries : VET, the labour market and social justice
Avis, James - In: International journal for research in vocational … 5 (2018) 3, pp. 178-190
Purpose: The paper explores the relationship between vocational education and training (VET), the labour market and … philosophically rooted understanding of justice. The paper through its examination of the salience of VET in the current conjuncture …
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Skills and employment under automation : active adaptation at the local level
Ure, Odd Bjørn; Skauge, Tom - In: International journal for research in vocational … 6 (2019) 3, pp. 203-223
Context: The article contributes to a discussion of how patterns of employment and qualifications are modified by the ongoing industrial transformation, called Industry 4.0. Although this transformation is said to be a global phenomenon, scholars increasingly discuss the national differences in...
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The rhetoric of Europeanisation of dual vocational education and training in Spain
Martín Artiles, Antonio; Lope, Andreu; Barrientos, Daniel - In: Transfer : the European review of labour and research ; … 26 (2020) 1, pp. 73-90
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Learning to keep the faith? : further education and perceived employability among young unemployed
Mühlböck, Monika; Steiber, Nadia; Kittel, Bernhard - In: Economic and industrial democracy 43 (2022) 2, pp. 705-725
unemployment has a positive effect on perceived employability (i.e. the subjective assessment of one’s chances to obtain the … employability. However, only for long-term programs do the effects persist beyond the duration of the activity. This study thus … used to increase actual employability. …
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Does vocational training help young people find a (good) job? : systems combining structured learning on the job with classroom training can ease youth unemployment
Eichhorst, Werner - 2015
Youth unemployment has increased in many industrialized countries following the recent global recession. However, this reflects not only the cyclical shock, but also the crucial role of institutions in structuring the transition from school to work. Vocational training, in particular in a dual...
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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 observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many years,...
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 observed in Southern European countries, a “lost generation” may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209725
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The employer's dilemma : employer engagement and progress in vocational education and training reforms
Caves, Katherine; Renold, Ursula - 2016
Employer engagement is a critical part of vocational education and training (VET). However, we know little about forms … of employer engagement in the implementation of VET reforms. Employers can be advisors, or can be given roles and … responsibilities throughout the cycle of VET processes: helping design curricula, providing workplace training during VET application …
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