report will present some foresight studies about work and skills in Europe and USA, in order to contribute to think about …

This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …

where on-the-job training is important, job candidates with a record of grade retention are 16% less likely to receive a …

where on-the-job training is important, job candidates with a record of grade retention are 16% less likely to receive a …

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 … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

by rapid growth, or are they still struggling with employment overhang? What are the occupations and skills in which …

where firms who match with entrant workers have to incur training costs. As a result, firms are biased against entrant …

institutions at that the end of apprenticeship training can be signalled to outside employers. Apprenticeship graduates however … with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an …-related ability. We apply this model to the German apprenticeship system and show that cognitive ability certified by external …

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