Although most types of education give access to a range of occupations, the educational background determines to a large extent the labour market possibilities of a worker. However, since educational systems vary widely between different countries, there is a question about the specific role of...

This paper examines the relationship between a firm's training motives and the quality of apprenticeship training. Data on training quality and training motives are obtained by interviewing former apprentices. The paper employs a novel measure for training quality based on subjective survey data...

In dit werkdocument wordt een overzicht gegeven van de onderliggende methodiek die in 1997 is gehanteerd bij de totstandkoming van de diverse indicatoren en de specifieke analy ses ten behoeve van het Werkgelegenheid en Scholing Observatorium (WSO). De onder zoeksresultaten zijn gepubliceerd in...

In dit werkdocument worden de resultaten besproken van een vignetonderzoek onder werkgevers in de IT, de Metaal en de Zorg, en wordt aangegeven hoe deze resultaten kunnen worden aangewend voor de verdere ontwikkeling van het Project Onderwijs Arbeidsmarkt (POA). De projectleiding van het...

In dit werkdocument wordt een overzicht gegeven van de methodiek die is gehanteerd bij het opstellen van de arbeidsmarktprognoses naar opleiding en beroep tot 2002 en de bijbehorende arbeidsmarktindicatoren ten behoeve van het rapport De arbeidsmarkt naar opleiding en beroep tot 2002 en de...

The cultural interpretation of career models, that links a preference for the flexible career to the quest for self-realization, and a preference for the linear, stable to the traditional work ethic, turns out to be empirically correct for the population considered in this analysis (inhabitants...

The aim of this paper is to measure the extent to which lower wages in R&D functions reflect a preference effect. In contrast to the bulk of the literature on compensating wage differentials that compares wage levels of jobs with different attributes, we constructed measures of willingness to...

This paper develops a theoretical model in which the level of training provided by a firm is not observed by workers. It is therefore not possible to have training wages completely contingent upon the level of training provided. Training wages will be too high. This, in turn, prevents firms from...