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competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that most firms benefit from investing in apprenticeship training. Evidence …Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often … indicates that financial returns to firms vary. Some recoup their investment within the apprenticeship period, while others see …
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training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … the skills of individuals for these occupations. Programs of academic education and apprenticeship programs emphasizing … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The …
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certification and verification of skills. 3) Build a robust apprenticeship system that emphasizes learning by doing in a context … school to the labor market. Limited skills relative to the demands of employers also play a role. This paper proposes three … major policy initiatives for upgrading and expanding worker training to bolster productivity and wages: 1) Improve access to …
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have skills and attributes in the various field in which they work. Employers will seek individuals who can think, conduct … important challenge being the gap in the employability skills and attributes of management students. Employability of management … employability skills and attributes with respect to academic output and industry requirement …
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for the management students are not only focus on the degree or grade but pay more attention to their employability skills … extensive range of skills and attributes to bring to the work setting and need the employees with multi-skilled to accomplish … skills and attributes needed by employers. This paper sheds light on employability, employability skills, employability …
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training institution and pass one or more tests, the notion being that these preservice requirements ensure a basic level of …
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Aufgrund der bestehenden und sich weiter intensivierenden internationalen Konkurrenz in vielen Technologiebereichen und Branchen ist eine erhöhte Innovationsfähigkeit und Innovationstätigkeit als zentraler Erfolgsfaktor für die Unternehmen in Baden-Württemberg anzusehen. Im Rahmen des...
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The typical measure used by researchers and school administrators to evaluate teachers is based on how the students' achievement increases after being exposed to the teacher, or based on the teacher's "value-added''. When teacher value-added is heterogeneous across her students, the typically...
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This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence on \textit{perceived} signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or...
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