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The STEM Wage Premium across the OECD
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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
The STEM Wage Premium across the OECD
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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
Public-Private Partnerships for Skills Development: A Governance Perspective. Volume II. Case Studies
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van der Meer, Marc; Arribas, J. Manuel Galvin; Petherbridge, Robert; Pastore, Lavinia; Corvo, Luigi; Avagyan, Aram – European Training Foundation, 2020
"Public-Private Partnerships for Skills Development" discusses the concept of public-private partnership (PPP) and its application in the domain of skills development. Volume I proposes a three-dimension typology of PPPs for skills development, and identifies common elements and governance characteristics of these PPPs. Volume II…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Skill Development, Partnerships in Education
Career Aspirations: mba.com Prospective Students Survey 2019. Market Intelligence
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Graduate Management Admission Council, 2019
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education
Performances and Spending Efficiency in Higher Education: A European Comparison through Non-Parametric Approaches
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Agasisti, Tommaso – Education Economics, 2011
The objective of this paper is an efficiency analysis concerning higher education systems in European countries. Data have been extracted from OECD data-sets (Education at a Glance, several years), using a non-parametric technique--data envelopment analysis--to calculate efficiency scores. This paper represents the first attempt to conduct such an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Sector, Data Analysis
Bureaucratization in Public Research Institutions
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Coccia, Mario – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the nature of bureaucratization within public research bodies and its relationship to scientific performance, focusing on an Italian case-study. The main finding is that the bureaucratization of the research sector has two dimensions: public research labs have academic bureaucratization since researchers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Student Perceptions and Central Administrative Services: The Case of Higher Education in Italy
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Arena, Marika; Arnaboldi, Michela; Azzone, Giovanni – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
In recent years, various reforms have sought to foster forms of marketisation in the Italian public sector, promoting the uptake of concepts such as customer satisfaction and perceived quality. In the field of higher education, such efforts have focused on certain specific areas, like quality of research and teaching, while the quality of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Public Sector