Educational Expansion and Labour Market: a Comparative Study of Five European Countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom - with Special Reference to the United States
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Educational Expansion and Labour Market: a Comparative Study of Five European Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – with Special Reference to the United States
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Office for Official Publications of the European Communities2003
Presents the results of a study that analysed the long-term consequences of the rise in education levels on the mechanisms of access to employment and on human-resource management. Answers four major questions, in the context of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom:
What are the processes leading to educational expansion and the production of generations with increasing levels of qualifications? Can the factors influencing these processes be identified?
How have these generations with increasing levels of qualifications spread throughout the employment system, and with what returns in terms of salary and social position?
What has been the impact of an increased supply of graduates on company organization and human-resource management? How is it viewed and used by companies? What links have been established between the qualifications produced and the skills demanded?
From these results, is it possible to deduce implications for the evolution of national systems linking education with employment? To what extent are countries converging or diverging?
