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Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle : New Evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska - 2016
to changing environments. Using the recent international PIAAC data, we confirm such a trade-off over the life-cycle in a … difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of … apprenticeship countries that provide the highest intensity of industry-based vocational education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979110
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Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle : New Evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska - 2016
to changing environments. Using the recent international PIAAC data, we confirm such a trade-off over the life-cycle in a … difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of … apprenticeship countries that provide the highest intensity of industry-based vocational education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980302
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Earnings over the life course : general versus vocational education
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Stenberg, Anders - 2017
Two common hypotheses regarding the relative benefits of vocational versus general education are (1) that vocational skills enhance relative short-term earnings and (2) that general skills enhance relative long-term earnings. Empirical evidence for these hypotheses has remained limited. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621442
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506887
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Earnings Over the Life Course : General versus Vocational Education
Golsteyn, Bart - 2017
Two common hypotheses regarding the relative benefits of vocational versus general education are (1) that vocational skills enhance relative short-term earnings and (2) that general skills enhance relative long-term earnings. Empirical evidence for these hypotheses has remained limited. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961282
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Skills for the 21st century : findings and policy lessons from the OECD survey of adult skills
Martin, John P. - 2018
Competencies (PIAAC). This paper argues that the findings and policy lessons from the project to date justify the high hopes which … were placed in PIAAC when detailed planning for the project began in 2003. First, it presents a brief recap of PIAAC and … using data from PIAAC. Third, the main findings and policy lessons drawn from PIAAC are highlighted. Finally, looking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781341
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepic, Damir - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518464
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Skills mismatch, productivity and policies : evidence from the second wave of PIAAC
McGowan, Muge Adalet; Andrews, Dan - 2017
This paper extends earlier OECD work exploring the link between skills mismatch, productivity and policies to include the countries in the second wave of OECD Survey of Adult Skills, with a special focus on New Zealand. We find that the percentage of workers who are mismatched in terms of skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700559
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Reducing skills imbalances to foster productivity growth of Malaysia
Espinoza, Ricardo; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019
between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203203
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The economic implications of training for firm performance
Martins, Pedro S. - 2022
This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815729