Over the past 30 years, European governance has increasingly influenced how adult education is provided, thanks to more intensive strategies of governance. The paper will elaborate on the tension between power and creativity by examining the relationship between supranational – that is,...

Higher education policy and planning in most of the crisis-affected countries have shown a mixed response to the problems of world market crisis started in mid 2008. Some countries have cut back on spending on universities (i.e. Eastern Europe), still others have national education plan to set...

In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...

As of 2012 the Government of Montenegro introduced new apprenticeships scheme dedicated to high education graduates without previous working experience, lasting for nine months, with monthly remuneration for apprentices amounting 50% of average net salary in Montenegro for previous year provided...

Abstract Young workers typically enter the professional labor market only after completing higher education. We investigate how earlier professional work experience affects skilled worker development. In a field experiment, 1,787 Engineering majors were randomly assigned to 6-month work terms to...

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend for-profit institutions take on more educational debt, have worse labor market outcomes, and are more likely to default than students attending similarly-selective public...

We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone...

The article presents the implementation of the project for establishing Centres for Employment and Social Assistance in Bulgaria in the period 2015-2017 as a model of the provision of integrated employment and social assistance services aiming at increasing the efficiency of coordination and...

This study examines whether the different selection processes of asylum seekers, resettled refugees and their family members produce discrepancies to the employment trajectories in the host society. The labour market integration of the three refugee groups are analysed by using extensive...