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Yu, Serena – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This report is part of a wider three-year program of research, "Vocations: the link between post-compulsory education and the labour market," which is investigating the educational and occupational paths that people take, and how their study relates to their work. In particular, this strand has been investigating the application of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Labor Market, Career Development
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Kucherov, Dmitry; Zavyalova, Elena – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: The employer brand could be a key factor of competitiveness for a company in a contemporary labour market. The purpose of this paper is to identify the features of human resource development (HRD) practices and talent management in companies with employer brand (CEBs). Design/methodology/approach: The authors examined three economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
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Fredman, Nick – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
There is a lack of coherence between education, training and work in Australia indicated by low proportions of VET graduates who work in occupations related to their qualification and mismatches between qualifications, skills and work. This paper discusses how student flows through tertiary education can further illustrate this lack of coherence.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
OECD Publishing, 2017
Gender inequalities persist in all areas of social and economic life and across countries. Young women in OECD countries generally obtain more years of schooling than young men, but women are less likely than men to engage in paid work. Gaps widen with age, as motherhood typically has marked negative effects on gender pay gaps and career…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Educational Trends, Violence, Females
Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This presentation was made to a breakout session at the 2011 Skills Australia and Industry Skills Councils joint conference, "Putting Skills at the Heart of Economy". The paper addresses the challenge of measurement in workforce development planning and discusses the role of the various players in the labour and training…
Descriptors: Industry, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Vocational Education
Burke, Mary A. – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2015
This paper assesses the extent to which Rhode Island's workforce lacks skills that are in demand among the state's current and potential employers and, if so, whether such a skills gap or labor market "mismatch" significantly restrains employment growth in the state. Using an index developed by Sahin et al. (2014), we find that…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Skill Analysis, Achievement Gap, Job Skills
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Scully-Russ, Ellen – Adult Learning, 2013
This article examines policy reports that advocate for new green jobs career pathways to help grow the green economy and create new opportunity structures in the green labor market. The reports are based on a series of propositions about the nature of green jobs and the existence of the political will to invest in new green education programs to…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Labor Market, Position Papers, Career Development
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Haveman, Robert; Heinrich, Carolyn; Smeeding, Timothy – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Since the onset of the Great Recession, the U.S. labor market has been reeling. Public concern has largely focused on the unemployment rate, which rose to double digits and has since been stalled at just over 9 percent. This rate is unacceptably high, and macroeconomic policy efforts have been unsuccessful in bringing it down. The overall…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Labor Market, Economic Climate, Unemployment
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Beck, Vanessa; Quinn, Martin – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the statistical evidence on the effects that ill health has on labour market participation and opportunities for younger and older workers in the East Midlands (UK). Design/methodology/approach: A statistical analysis of Labour Force Survey data was undertaken to demonstrate that health issues…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Labor Force, Surveys
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Mária Jármai, Erzsébet; Palányi, Ildikó Zsupanekné – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
The economic importance of voluntary work has been exceedingly appreciated in the last few decades. This is not surprising at all, because it is highly profitable according to the related estimated data. There are 115,9 million people doing voluntary work only in Europe, which means that they would create the world's 7th biggest economy with EUR…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Labor Market, Labor Force Development
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Walker, Mary Beth – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2010
During the late 1990s, the convergence of women's labor force participation rates to men's rates came to a halt. This paper explores the degree to which the role of education and marriage in women's labor supply decisions also changed over this time period. Specifically, this paper investigates women's decisions to exit the labor market upon the…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Females, Decision Making, Labor Market
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
No one has had it worse than the Midwest. Job losses in the "great recession" of 2007 spared no region, but the bulk of industries hardest hit were in the Midwestern states. This is the second of a series of reports detailing the job and educational demand prospects for workers, by major census regions. When compared to all other…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Skilled Occupations, Industry, Education Work Relationship
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Caspar, Sigried; Hartwig, Ines; Moench, Barbara – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
The midterm impact of the economic crisis on the employment situation in the EU member states varied largely (European Commission, 2010a, Chapter 1). Whereas the Baltic States, Ireland, and above all Spain registered job losses of more than 10 percent from immediately before to after the crisis, that is, between the second quarter of 2008 and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Labor Market, Public Policy
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2014
Washington's community and technical colleges are a collective, powerful, unmatched resource for advancing prosperity through education. These 34 colleges not only connect with employers in the regions where they operate, but also with each other through common programs--like advanced manufacturing and allied health--that align with Washington's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Pullman, Ashley – Gender and Education, 2015
This paper examines Canadian federal and cross-provincial higher education policy from 1960 to 1990, a critical time when provisions for vocational and adult training came under the auspices of governmental concern, justified under both an economic rationale and as a way to address persistent forms of inequality. The problematisation of skill…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy
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