This paper analyzes how life-cycle unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of the training firm. We … start from the hypotheses that the size of training firms reduces long-run cumulated unemployment exposure, e.g. via …

the needs of youth at risk in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, the objective of this article is to identify … models for youth at risk in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland: Shortened (Norway, Switzerland), prolonged (Austria …), individualised (Austria, Norway and Sweden) and preparatory programmes (Sweden). Preparatory and prolonged programmes aim to help …

Since reforms implemented in 1994, vocational education and training (VET) in Norway has been integrated and … programme in Norway is 28 years, which is among the highest in the OECD. The purpose of this study was to explore personal … adults in Norway. Based on the findings, we argue that policy makers need to see educational achievement in a long …

and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The study finds that university degrees provide …