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The academic takes it all? : a comparison of returns to investment in education between graduates and apprentices in Canada
Kopatz, Susanne; Pilz, Matthias - In: International journal for research in vocational … 2 (2015) 4, pp. 308-325
This paper analyses the returns to education of specific occupations in Canada. The purpose is to scrutinize whether and in how far academic and vocational education do differ in monetary benefits regarding individual returns. Therefore, two different methodologies of calculation are used to...
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The labour market outcomes of Australian Creative Arts degree holders
Lewis, Philip E. T.; Lee, Jee Young - In: Australian journal of labour economics : a journal of … 23 (2020) 1, pp. 21-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317896
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Hard and soft skills in vocational training : experimental evidence from Colombia
Barrera, Felipe; Kugler, Adriana D.; Silliman, Mikko - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 37 (2023) 3, pp. 409-436
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321125
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The impact of horizontal job-education mismatches on the earnings of recent university graduates in Russia
Rudakov, Victor; Figueiredo, Hugo; Teixeira, Pedro; … - 2019
university graduates using comprehensive and representative national data for Russia. The study is based in graduates' assessment … and statistical analyses. We find that one-third of graduates in Russia work in a job that is not related to their field … of study. Moreover, graduates from fields that either generate more general human capital (social sciences, business, law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022747
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Earnings dynamics : the role of education throughout a worker's career
Braga, Breno - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 52 (2018), pp. 83-97
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129986
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Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies : substantial skill shortages coexist with overeducation, affecting both young and old workers
Kupets, Olga - 2015
Large imbalances between the supply and demand for skills in transition economies are driven by rapid economic restructuring, misalignment of the education system with labor market needs, and underdeveloped adult education and training systems. The costs of mismatches can be large and...
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How do women in male-dominated apprenticeships fare in the labour market?
Frank, Kristyn; Frenette, Marc - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987379
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Do the labour market returns to university degrees differ between high and low achieving youth? : Evidence from Australia
Marks, Gary N. - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 5, pp. 1-14
In almost all developed countries there has been substantial growth in university education over the last half-century. This growth has raised concerns that the benefits of university education are declining and that university education is not appropriate for students who, without the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147153
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Effect of dropout on labour market outcomes for upper secondary vocational track students
Bratberg, Espen; Monstad, Karin; Steskal, Darina - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013450567
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The value of early-career skills
Langer, Christina; Wiederhold, Simon - 2023
We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than existing skill proxies. We exploit that skill requirements of apprenticeships in Germany are codified in state-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These...
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