raise non-academic skills directly through purposeful activities or indirectly as a result of other employment …Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests …

training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … the skills of individuals for these occupations. Programs of academic education and apprenticeship programs emphasizing … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The …

Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD 2009) review of youth employment, have recommended expanding apprenticeship training … effectively with skill mismatches, wage inequality, declines in manufacturing employment, and high youth unemployment, why has the … yet failed to stimulate significant action. Apprenticeship training would seem consistent with American values of …

training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … the skills of individuals for these occupations. Programs of academic education and apprenticeship programs emphasizing … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …