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OECD Publishing, 2015
The series Investing in Youth builds on the expertise of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on youth employment, social support and skills. It covers both OECD countries and countries in the process of accession to the OECD, as well as some emerging economies. This report provides a detailed diagnosis of the youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Employment, Employment Potential
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Li, Tongyun; von Davier, Matthias; Hancock, Gregory R. – ETS Research Report Series, 2016
This report investigates the prediction of labor force status using observed variables, such as gender, age, and immigrant status, and more importantly, measured skill variables, including literacy proficiency and a categorical rating of educational attainment based on the 1994 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), the 2003 Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Data Quality Campaign, 2014
A strong education prepares students to succeed in their chosen careers; but education, training, and employment pathways are changing. Individuals take multiple paths into the workforce. Some get jobs after completing high school; some after earning a college degree. Others leave the workforce to go back to school, while still others enroll in…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Education Work Relationship, Data, Elementary Secondary Education
Stanwick, John; Circelli, Michelle; Lu, Tham – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
The loss of jobs in the automotive manufacturing industry, together with a more general decline of the manufacturing industry in Australia, has implications for the types of skills needed in the labour market. Both of these scenarios affect particular groups of people, such as displaced car workers, but within that category other groups such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motor Vehicles, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Industry
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Lovenheim, Michael F.; Willén, Alexander – Education Next, 2016
Today, more than 60 percent of teachers in the United States work under a union contract. The rights of teachers to unionize and bargain together have expanded dramatically since the late 1950s, when states began passing "duty-to-bargain" (DTB) laws that required school districts to negotiate with teachers unions in good faith. Recently,…
Descriptors: Unions, Collective Bargaining, Politics of Education, Outcomes of Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2016
The European labour market is challenged by changes in the demographic composition of the labour force and increasing work complexities and processes. Skills forecasting makes useful contribution to decisions by policy-makers, experts and individuals. In this publication, Cedefop presents the latest results of skills supply and demand forecasts.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Needs, Needs Assessment
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Sushentsev, Artem – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The importance of professional development of labor force directly in the workplace has been proved. It's revealed that this is due not only to questions of advanced training, but also to the improvement of the situation on the labor market of unskilled groups of citizen. The current labor market recognizes the value and importance of people.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Professional Development, Workplace Learning, Labor Market
Gallagher, Sean – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Over the past decade, enrollment in professional master's degree programs has grown substantially, and this category has outpaced the overall recent flattening of college enrollment. Today, 5 million more U.S. adults hold a master's degree compared with a decade ago, and in some circles the master's is being referred to as "the…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Credentials, Education Work Relationship, Labor Market
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Muiya, Bernard Munyao – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Globally, decline in employment has affected the youth more compared to other cohorts with youth in developing countries being particularly hard hit. There have been various interventions by the Kenyan government to address the challenge of youth employment through human capital development like the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEFD).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Youth, Urban Areas
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Gimpelson, V. E. – Russian Education & Society, 2016
It is generally accepted that human capital is an important factor in economic growth, but its impact on growth depends on the demand for education and skills on the labor market. Demand for human capital is largely determined by the institutional environment that governs the basic conditions for economic activity. The author expresses ten doubts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Human Capital, Educational Demand
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Brown, Tony – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2013
Five years after the global financial crisis, and trillions of dollars in stimulus spending later, the crisis not only remains unresolved, but risks entering a new deeper phase in southern Europe. The global turbulence, although experienced with differing degrees of intensity and dislocation around the world, manifests as high unemployment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Labor Relations, Skills
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O'Neill, Barbara – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2014
The United States labor market has undergone a dramatic sea change with increasing numbers of permanent freelancers and temporary workers. One in three workers has a temporary freelance job. It is estimated that, by 2020, more than 40% of the American labor force-60 million people-will be self-employed. This article discusses labor force trends,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Labor Market, Self Employment, Trend Analysis
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Tome, Eduardo – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: This paper aims to review the intervention of the European Social Fund (ESF) as an instrument of human resource development (HRD) policies in the European labor market. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses an economic background, and reviews the official documents produced by the ESF during its history to try to define its economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Impact, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
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Hynes, Kathryn; Greene, Kaylin M.; Constance, Nicole – Afterschool Matters, 2012
Dramatic changes in the labor market in the United States over the past 50 years have raised tremendous concern that many of the nation's youth are unprepared for the labor force. Policymakers and youth advocates are looking for strategies to improve the education system so that fewer youth drop out of high school and more have the skills and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Career Development, Labor, Global Approach
Wheelahan, Leesa; Buchanan, John; Yu, Serena – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This is the final report in the three-year program of research "Vocations: The Link between Post-Compulsory Education and the Labour Market," which investigated the educational and occupational paths people take and how their study relates to their work. This report synthesises the findings of the three different strands: pathways from…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Labor Market
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