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Hod Anyigba; Alexander Preko; William Kwesi Senayah – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study is to examine and develop sector skills strategies and action plans for the textile and apparel (T&A) sector. Design/methodology/approach: The paper used a participatory action qualitative method anchored on the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) framework, utilising the workshop-based approach with 24 key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clothing, Labor Supply, Job Skills
Trista Smith; Leo Appleton – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This qualitative research study explores the ways that academic librarians in England undertake and perceive classification and cataloging work to engage in wider decolonization initiatives. The research consisted of semi-structured interviews, and thematic analysis was used to identify key themes. The study found that the participant librarians…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Classification, Cataloging
Anumoni Joshi; Christopher John Ziguras – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2024
This article examines post-study work rights (PSWR) policy in three major international higher education destinations -- Australia, Germany and Canada -- through a comparative case study approach. The study found that PSWR policies typically have several objectives: to attract more international students; fill labour shortages; internationalise…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, International Education, Study Abroad
Suleman, Fátima; Videira, Pedro; Rodrigues Araújo, Emília – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
This research examines regional skill problems and the strategies adopted to reduce skill shortages by a set of employers (n = 16). The data collected in 2019 in a northern region in Portugal indicate considerable and persistent shortages of engineering and IT graduates and non-graduates for operational jobs. The employers implement anticipative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Vocational Education, Labor Needs
Amarech Kebede; Amare Asgedom; Abraha Asfaw – Cogent Education, 2024
Skill demand and supply mismatch is a global problem identified as a root cause of unemployment, urging education and training institutions to revise their curriculum with the collaboration of industries. This article aimed to analyze prior research outputs on the effective Linkage of technical and vocational training institutions with industries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship
Pater, Robert; Cherniaiev, Herman; Kozak, Marcin – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
We analyse labour demand and mismatch for educational traits in information and communication technology (ICT) occupations, taking into account the areas of education, occupations and skills in demand, and the supply of labour. We based our analysis on almost 40 million online job offers and a CAWI survey of people aged 18-65 in Poland. The…
Descriptors: Labor Demands, Information Technology, Occupations, Job Skills
Einstein Sánchez Bardales; Yuri Reina Marín; Omer Cruz Caro; Milena Torres Fernández; Angelica María Carrasco Rituay; River Chávez Santos – Cogent Education, 2024
The study of social demand and labor demand analyzes the relevance of the planning of higher education programs to meet the needs of society. Given this, the present study aims to identify social and labor demand in the Amazon region, through a case study applied in the province of Rodríguez de Mendoza. The methodology used was a descriptive,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Community Organizations, National Organizations
Wotschack, Philip – International Journal of Training and Development, 2020
This article investigates the role of 'voice', technology, innovation (of products, services, or processes) and labor shortages in the training participation of low skilled workers in German companies. By building on the key findings of previous research, hypotheses on drivers of training participation are derived from filter theory and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Job Skills, Unskilled Workers
Beuermann, Diether W.; Bottan, Nicolas L.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Jackson, C. Kirabo; Cossio, Diego A. Vera – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
Canonical human capital theories posit that education, by enhancing worker skills, reduces the likelihood that a worker will be laid-off during times of economic change. Yet, this has not been demonstrated causally. We link administrative education records from 1987 through 2002 to nationally representative surveys conducted before and after…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Prevention, Job Layoff, Economic Change
Kellevezir, Isil; Cakir, Ozlem – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: The economic and social developments of countries are strictly dependent on the qualified graduates/workforce that they have. The aim of this study was to determine the quality and skill aspects of graduates and their satisfaction level of labour supply and demand in higher education. Research Methods: In this study, the data related to…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Labor Supply, Supply and Demand, Employer Attitudes
Portwood, Peter – Educational & Child Psychology, 2018
The 1950s were a period of consolidation after the upsets of the war years, and the continuing staff shortages up to the end of the 1940s. The staff shortages in the Sheffield child guidance clinic and school psychological service proved to be no exception. An advertised post for a senior psychologist in 1954 failed to attract any suitable…
Descriptors: Educational History, Labor Supply, Foreign Countries, School Psychologists
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lamontagne, Jessie; Zhang, Tingting – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
We examine the effects of offering full-day kindergarten as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers' labor supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no effect on the extensive margin but found an effect on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to full-day kindergarten increases…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Kindergarten, Mothers, Labor Supply
Aleksic, Dragan; Anic, Aleksandra; Arandarenko, Mihail; Krstic, Gorana; Ognjanov, Galjina; Vuksanovic, Nemanja; Žarkovic, Jelena – European Training Foundation, 2021
This report analyses the challenges faced by young people in Serbia in their transition from school to adult life, especially in their labour market integration, and with a particular focus on the most vulnerable groups. Therefore, the report looks at the main causes of youth vulnerability and skills mismatches at younger ages, forecasting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Education Work Relationship, Disadvantaged
Jansen, Anika; Pineda-Herrero, Pilar – Vocations and Learning, 2019
This article analyzes the motives for firms providing apprenticeship training in Catalonia and the reasons why other firms do not provide such training. In light of the recent introduction of dual apprenticeships in the formal education system in Spain, a country with a traditionally school-based vocational education and training (VET) system,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes
Hou, Feng; Lu, Yao; Schimmele, Christoph – Statistics Canada, 2019
The rapidly growing supply of university-educated workers from both immigration and domestic educational institutions, coupled with relatively slack demand for educated labour, has raised concerns about skill use in the Canadian economy. This study uses census data from 2001 to 2016 to compare trends in over-education among recent immigrants and…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Educational Attainment, Immigrants, Higher Education