... the state school system and was provided only by regions through vocational training agencies. Moreover, the sole purpose of this vocational system was to impart vocational skills. The Moratti Law replaced the “old” system with a completely new short vocational track (Istruzione e Formazione Professionale...

... vocational training on labour market outcomes. First, we investigate the wage difference between entrants into TWA and regular employment. Second, we analyse the medium-term wage effects, i.e. the impact of an initial period of temporary work on the wage level three to five years after graduation. Our study...

... rights only Firm size Mobility Unemployment Apprenticeship Vocational training Ability Young workers The size of training firms plays a major role in this: young workers who start their occupational careers in large firms with internal labor markets and lower turnover rates achieve...

... in a single research design. Youth unemployment Human resource management Vocational training Retention decisions Vignette Corine Buers can be contacted at: c.c.e.buers@uu.nl The evaluation of employees and subsequent decisions is always taken in the context of the broader...

... by apprentices. To the author’ best knowledge, this is the first paper studying the effect of mobility on apprentices’ wages in a dynamic perspective and correcting for the selection of different categories of mobility (immediate vs deferred mobility). Apprenticeship Vocational training Job...

...Luca Mo Costabella Purpose Decades of impact evaluation of vocational training have produced very heterogeneous findings. If heterogeneity can be ascribed to the diversity in contents and target population, it can be reduced analyzing specific subprograms. The purpose of this paper is to focus...

... of the capability approach to shed new light on themes that range from vocational training to professional development and restructuring processes. Mining a rich and diverse lode of empirical material, they address the study of the private sector (Lambert and Vero), the service (López‐Andreu and Verd...

...Dilip Subramanian; Joan Miquel Verd; Josiane Vero; Bénédicte Zimmermann; Dilip Subramanian; Bénédicte Zimmermann Purpose The purpose of this tri‐sectoral comparative study is to analyze the scope and content of vocational training policies, and their practical implications and outcomes...

... well the students' propensity of the “positive outcomes” of employment or further studies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Education Vocational training Further education Regional development As already noted, the dependent variable in the estimated educational...

..., the content, scale and scope of vocational training is determined by a detailed consultative process involving Germany's social partners – employers, trade unions and state governments – all with equal voting rights. Upon completion of the consultative process, the implementation of training programmes...

...Thomas Lange; Yannis Georgellis; Anders Stenberg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of comprehensive education as compared with vocational training by using Swedish data on a large sample of unemployed individuals aged 25 to 55. Design/methodology/approach The Adult...

... are worse off in OLM countries than in ILM ones, with respect to employment in a permanent job, employment in a non‐elementary job and participation in continuing vocational training. However, in OLM countries low‐skilled young workers are less often involuntary part‐time employed than those in ILM...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Vocational training Immigrants Integration Gender Educational policy Denmark Integration of immigrants and their children has become a key policy issue in many European countries in recent years. As formal educational qualifications are increasingly...

... methodology in evaluating the benefits of vocational versus general education for men and women. Vocational training Rate of return Gender Singapore An important objective of technical/vocational education (among others) is to provide industry job‐specific training. Another desirable outcome...

... in vocational training. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Training Further education Apprenticeships Technical training Vocational training Countries exhibit a wide variation in their emphasis on vocational education, vocational school models, and participation in vocational...

... of the enterprise 1. Consequently, the results point to selection of enterprise 1, which has the highest desirability index of 0.2930. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Education Distribution management Taiwan Vocational training In an era of information explosion, the success...

... Vocational training Change management Germany Sweden The paper is set up as follows. After briefly reviewing some basic facts on structural change and labour mobility in Section 2, an empirical analysis is made in Sections 3 and 4. Section 5 presents the conclusion. The proclaimed de...

... for the allocation of labor (emphasis added). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Vocational training Ireland Cost/benefit analysis Society The economy of the Irish Republic has grown faster than any other region in the EU during the past decade (see Table I). From a position of massive emigration...

... insights, explain the testing procedure and present the main results. Section 6 concludes. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Labour market Schools Work Young people Vocational training Data from the Bank of Italy SHIW (Survey on Households Income and Welfare) for Italy[1] and from the West...

... – reveals the demand‐side pressures on VET systems to change. The studies show that there are common patterns in the manner in which countries react to these pressures, but some countries have resorted to more innovative measures. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Vocational training Education Labour...