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Does a Bachelor's degree pay off? : labor market outcomes of academic versus vocational education after Bologna
Neugebauer, Martin; Weiss, Felix - 2017
classical universities are associated with higher earnings and more prestigious jobs than initial vocational training degrees …, and with higher prestige (but similar earnings) than further vocational degrees. However, bachelor’s degrees from … universities are also related to higher risks of unemployment or fixed-term employment. Universities of applied sciences, which …
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...
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The labour market effects of academic and vocational education over the life cycle : evidence from two British cohorts
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2015
-term disadvantages in terms of employment, wages or both. Using two UK cohort studies, that allow us to follow individuals for at least … 16 years in the labour market, we investigate whether this view has empirical support. For employment, our results … tend to have higher expected long-term earnings. …
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Who pays for general training? : new evidence for British men and women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages. We initially present descriptive information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411235
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The Labour Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education Over the Life Cycle : Evidence from Two British Cohorts
Brunello, Giorgio - 2015
-term disadvantages in terms of employment, wages or both. Using two UK cohort studies, that allow us to follow individuals for at least … 16 years in the labour market, we investigate whether this view has empirical support.For employment, our results … tend to have higher expected long-term earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016218
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Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - 2021
We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who funds the training (employee or employer); and the skill...
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Who pays for general training? : New evidence for British men and women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001673198
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Who gains when workers train? : Training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2000
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Who gains when workers train? : training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2000
There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity. We analyse a panel of British industries between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537524
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Education, skills & labor-market success : microeconometric analyses using large-scale skills assessments
Hampf, Franziska Bernadette - 2020
Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education. The study was completed in September 2019 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194172