The purpose of CEMETS' initial research project is to understand why the implementation of labor market-oriented education systems reforms succeed and fail. Findings should be generalizable to theory and to concrete situations so that we can inform both research and practice. We build and...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob der Rahmenlehrplan des Bildungsgangs <<dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/ in Höhere Fachschule> an den Höheren Fachschulen für Wirtschaft (RLP HFW) den Anforderungen von Studierenden und Arbeitgebern gerecht wird. Dabei werde Schwachstellen identifiziert, die auf Verbesserungspotential bei einer Revision des RLP...</<dipl.>

This paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over time and how it differs across population groups. The applied measure for the social status of VET compares the cognitive abilities (measured by PISA scores) of prospective...

This paper analyses the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal. The analysis of several individual-level surveys between 1995 and 2014 shows that completed teriary education increases the probability to be wage-employed in the non-agricultural sector,...

The NVQS project began in 2015, running in three phases through 2023. The project’s overall goal is to contribute to building a sustainable system of national vocational qualifications in Nepal. This work should lead to three primary outcomes: a Nepal Vocational Qualifications System (NVQS),...

Social institutions are relatively stable patterns of behavior or joint action that help overcome fundamental problems and perform a function in society. The robustness of such institutions underlies their effectiveness at solving problems, but such robustness is difficult to assess. Building on...

Die vorliegende Studie besteht aus drei Teilen. Der erste Teil untersucht, ob der Rahmenlehrplan des Bildungsgangs "dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in Höhere Fachschule" für Wirtschaft (RLP HFW) den Anforderungen von Studierenden und Arbeitgebern gerecht wird, oder ob die Aktualität des RLP HFW...