Search Results - subject:"Further training"

Can workforce development help us reach full employment?

Holzer, Harry J. - 2023

In this paper, I review the potential of workforce development programs to help the US get closer to "full employment." First, I provide some background on workforce development in the US, and also on the aggregate employment/labor force issues that workforce programs may or may not address....

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Naar een systeem van leerrechten : implementatie en uitvoering van individuele leerrechten in de praktijk : rapport

Weel, Bas ter; Bussink, Henri; Knol, Jellien - 2023

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Firm Training

Black, Dan A.; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2023

Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...

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What works for the unemployed? : evidence from quasi-random caseworker assignments

Humlum, Anders; Munch, Jakob Roland; Rasmussen, Mette - 2023

This paper examines if active labor market programs help unemployed job seekers find jobs using a novel random caseworker instrumental variable (IV) design. Leveraging administrative data from Denmark, our identification strategy exploits that (i) job seekers are quasi-randomly assigned to...

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Conscientiousness and Labor Market Returns : Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa

Allemand, Mathias - 2023

Non-cognitive skills are increasingly recognized as important determinants of labor market outcomes. To what extent specific skills can be affected in adulthood remains an open question. This study conducted a randomized controlled trial with low-skilled employed workers in Senegal, where...

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Study on continuing vocational training for rural activities

Ursu, Ana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 108-115). 2023

The study aims to analyze the modalities of vocational training in rural areas in order to identify systematic contents that are relevant to define the perception of the general role of continuing vocational training in the economic and social development of rural areas, the functions of...

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Microcredentials for labour market education and training : the added value for end users

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training - 2023

This study examines the added value of microcredentials for end users. Current knowledge gaps in the perceived exchange value of microcredentials within the labour market raise the question of whether they can be sufficiently trusted by those acquiring them to become building blocks for lifelong...

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Job (in)security and workers’ training decisions : a framing approach

Kamphuis, Pascal; Glebbeek, Arie C. - In: International journal for research in vocational … 7 (2020) 3, pp. 361-387

Context: In this study, we attempt to contribute to the scarce evidence about the relationship between perceived labour market insecurity and worker training investments. Drawing on existing research into framing in decision-making, we investigate whether framing the labour market as insecure...

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What Drives Employees‘ Motivation to Participate in Further Training? Results from a Factorial Survey

Osiander, Christopher; Stephan, Gesine - In: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, … 27 (2020) 3, pp. 336-359

Further training can help employees to adapt to the changing demands of the labour market. An important condition for … further training to take place - besides the availability of adequate programmes and the access to programmes - is the … further training programmes have an impact on the willingness of employees to participate in training. The findings show that …

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Personality traits and further training

Laible, Marie-Christine; Anger, Silke; Baumann, Martina - 2020

overall further training is scarce. To close this research gap, we analyze the role of personality for further training … between non-formal and informal training measures. Second, we investigate how personality traits affect further training … relates to further training participation and is the most important determinant among the Big Five Personality Dimensions …

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