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Returns to Workplace Training for Male and Female Employees and Implications for the Gender Wage Gap: A Quantile Regression Analysis
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Icardi, Rossella – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Context: Existing studies have explored the association between workplace training and wages suggesting that training participation may have a positive association with wages. However, we still know very little about whether this association varies between men and women. Through its potential positive association with wages, training may balance…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, On the Job Training, Outcomes of Education, Salary Wage Differentials
Positional Competition in a Binary System: The Case of Finnish Higher Education
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Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka; Aro, Mikko; Ojala, Kristiina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
Positional competition in the labour market entails graduate opportunities that depend not only on graduates' skills, experience and abilities, but also on how their educational credentials compare to those of others. In this study, we examined the positional competition in the Finnish labour market and compared the influence of different 'degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Labor Market, Job Skills
Education at a Glance 2018: OECD Indicators
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OECD Publishing, 2018
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in the 35 OECD and a number of partner countries. With more than 100 charts and tables, Education at a Glance 2018 imparts key…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Outcomes of Education
Comparative Study of University and Polytechnic Graduates in Finland: Implications of Higher Education on Earnings
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Xia, Belle Selene; Liitiainen, Elia; Rekola, Mika – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
This study explores the implications of higher education on earnings in Finland. The challenges as well as opportunities of obtaining a university degree as compared to graduating from polytechnics are evaluated using the REFLEX (The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society) data. As a Nordic country, Finland is known for its educated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Graduates, Foreign Countries
Integration of Immigrants in OECD Countries: Do Policies Matter? OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 564
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Causa, Orsetta; Jean, Sebastien – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
This working paper assesses the ease of immigrants' integration in OECD labour markets by estimating how an immigration background influences the probability of being active or employed and the expected hourly earnings, for given individual characteristics. Applying the same methodology to comparable data across twelve OECD countries, immigrants…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Labor Market, Public Policy, Individual Characteristics
Do Women Profit from the Fact That They Perform the Same Sort of Work as Men?
Kauppinen-Toropainen, Kaisa – 1987
The Finnish labor market is sharply segregated by sex. Previous research has shown the work of women to be inferior to that of men in that the work of women is less autonomous, allows less freedom for self-regulation and self-determination, is more restricted in space and time, and is more monotonous. This study sought to determine whether the…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Labor Market