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Kroeger, Teresa; Gould, Elise – Economic Policy Institute, 2017
The Great Recession and its aftermath have had long-lasting effects on the employment prospects of young people entering the workforce after graduating from high school or college. Despite officially ending in June 2009, the recession has left millions of people unemployed for extended spells, with recent workforce entrants such as young graduates…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Graduates, Employment, Enrollment
Holzman, Brian; Gul, Muhreen; Salazar, Esmeralda Sánchez; Kennedy, Camila Cigarroa – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2020
This document is the appendices for "Transitioning to College and Work Part III: Labor Market Analysis in Houston and Texas." The report examined: (1) Supply and demand for labor in the Houston area and Texas, including an examination of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's (THECB) "60×30TX" strategic plan; (2)…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Urban Areas, Supply and Demand, Wages
Xu, Di; Solanki, Sabrina; Harlow, Ashley – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
Two-year colleges have served as vital stepping-stones for students seeking to earn a bachelor's degree. To achieve that goal, these students must complete their current program's requirements and then matriculate at a four-year college--a process known as "vertical transfer." This is commonly extolled as a cost-saving strategy, but it…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment
Bleemer, Zachary; Mehta, Aashish – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Underrepresented minority (URM) college students have been steadily earning degrees in relatively less-lucrative fields of study since the mid-1990s. A decomposition reveals that this widening gap is principally explained by rising stratification at public research universities, many of which increasingly enforce GPA restriction policies that…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Majors (Students), Educational Attainment
Turcotte, Martin – Statistics Canada, 2019
In Canada, one of the objectives of immigration policies is to promote Canada's economic growth and prosperity. In light of this objective, education plays an important role in the selection process for prospective immigrants, meaning that many immigrants have postsecondary qualifications. This summary highlights results from a larger report that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Immigrants, Economic Development
Midari, Veronica – European Training Foundation, 2019
The report looks into the incidence of skills mismatches in the Republic of Moldova (hereafter referred to as Moldova). In 2017, the European Training Foundation (ETF) initiated a mismatch measurement project in selected ETF partner countries with a view to showcasing gaps and shortages in skills utilisation on the labour market including aspects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market, Supply and Demand
Mojsoska-Blazevski, Nikica – European Training Foundation, 2019
This report looks into the incidence of skills mismatches in the Republic of North Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as North Macedonia). In 2017, the European Training Foundation (ETF) initiated a skills mismatch measurement project in the ETF partner countries with two objectives: (1) to identify regular data sources; and (2) to develop and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market, Supply and Demand
Golubovic, Vojin – European Training Foundation, 2019
In 2017, the European Training Foundation (ETF) began a project on skills mismatch measurement in ETF partner countries. The project objectives were to identify regular data sources, and develop and test indicators that can capture various angles and implications of skills mismatch. In the first phase of the pilot project, four partner countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market, Supply and Demand
Malinowska, Aleksandra – Texas Education Research Center, 2018
The children of migrant workers are one of the most marginalized populations in the United States. Instability and poverty impact many aspects of most migrant students' lives, especially education. Migrant or seasonal workers travel between cities, states, and countries following employment in temporary and cyclical industries such as agriculture,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Employment Patterns, Hispanic American Students, Migrant Education
Falck, Oliver; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon – OECD Publishing, 2016
How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labour markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Our…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Foreign Countries, Adults, Internet
Unterman, Rebecca; Haider, Zeest – MDRC, 2019
In 2002, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) launched a bold set of education reforms designed to transform the educational experiences of all high school students: They instituted a district-wide high school choice process that assigned all rising ninth-graders to specific high schools; they closed large, low-performing high…
Descriptors: School Choice, Academic Persistence, Small Schools, Labor Market
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Angermuller, Johannes – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
Academic careers are social processes which involve many members of large populations over long periods of time. This paper outlines a discursive perspective which looks into how academics are categorized in academic systems. From a discursive view, academic careers are organized by categories which can define who academics are (subjectivation)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Salaries, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Otchia, Christian S.; Yamada, Shoko – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
Recent evidence indicates substantial heterogeneity in the returns to skills across countries, but only a few studies have explained the varying patterns in the return to skills. Using the 2013 STEP data for Ghana and Kenya, we estimate the causal effect of cognitive and noncognitive skills on a large set of labour market outcomes by controlling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Thinking Skills, Labor Market
OECD Publishing, 2018
Panama has achieved socio-economic improvements in recent decades thanks to strong economic growth and consequent poverty reduction. Its growth model is characterised by a dual economy in which a small number of activities, including those related to the Canal and Special Economic Zones, have exhibited high productivity growth but limited job…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Area Studies, Productivity, Job Development
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Jian, Xiushan – Journal of International Students, 2018
Based on neo-racism theory and human capital theory, this study examined whether international bachelor's degree recipients who graduated from U.S. institutions have significant early career outcome differences compared to domestic bachelor's degree recipients in terms of major-job match, annual earnings, and job satisfaction. Recognizing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Bachelors Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Job Satisfaction
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