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The effect of economic downturns on apprenticeships and initial workplace training: a review of the evidence
The existing empirical evidence on the relationship between apprenticeships, initial workplace training and economi ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Netherlands; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Empirical research in vocational education and training
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Economics; Workforce development ... [+] Show more
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Happier with vocational education?
Using Italian data, I study the relationship between vocational education and self-reported happiness by focusing o ... Show more
Date: 2020
Geographic subjects: Italy; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Career development; Outcomes
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Bridge jobs in Europe
We study the transitions from career to bridge jobs and to permanent retirement by European males aged 55 to 70 at ... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Europe; Austria; Netherlands ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Gender; Participation
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The effects of vocational education on adult skills and wages: what can we learn from PIAAC?
Vocational education and training [VET] is highly valued by many. However, there is limited hard evidence that VET ... Show more
Date: 2015
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: OECD social, employment and migration working papers
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Outcomes; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: what can we learn from PIAAC?
We have shown that vocational education does not perform as well as academic education both in labour market outcom ... Show more
Date: 2017
Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Austria ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: SERIEs
Subjects: Employment; Higher education; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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The labour market effects of academic and vocational education over the life cycle: evidence from two British cohorts
Several commentators have argued that vocational education provides a smoother school to work transition than acade ... Show more
Date: 2015
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Outcomes; Vocational education and training; Higher education ... [+] Show more
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Employer provided training in Europe: determinants and obstacles
This report looks at employer-provided training in Europe. We start with a brief outline of the economic theory of ... Show more
Date: 2020
Geographic subjects: Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Workforce development; Employment; Participation ... [+] Show more
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Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training
We develop a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theor ... Show more
Conference name: International Conference on Economics of Education
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: Europe
Resource type: Conference paper
Subjects: Finance; Statistics; Workforce development
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Skill shortages and skill mismatch in Europe: a review of the literature
Labour markets are currently in a phase of cyclical recovery and undergoing structural transformation due to global ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Labour market
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The side effect of pension reforms on training: evidence from Italy
Due to pension reforms, minimum retirement age increased substantially in Italy between the second part of the 1990 ... Show more
Date: 2013
Geographic subjects: Italy; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Participation; Teaching and learning; Employment ... [+] Show more