This paper examines the causal relationship between student debt and mental health using the 2015 Dutch student finance reform as a natural experiment. The reform replaced a universal grant with income-contingent loans for higher-education students, leaving vocational students unaffected and...

Purpose: In the evolving landscape of the 21st century, characterized by dynamic global challenges such as health crises, climate change, and rapid technological advancements, the imperative of lifelong learning has become more pronounced than ever. Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) plays a pivotal...

Context: Financial literacy is an issue becoming increasingly important internationally. Many countries have already implemented a national strategy to improve the financial literacy of the people. In Austria, a national strategy for financial literacy and financial education was developed in...

This synthesis report, based on a survey carried out during 2022 with Cedefop's reporting network ReferNet, aims to provide a better understanding of the phenomenon of early leaving from vocational education and training (ELVET). Such understanding is a necessary precondition for designing...

This synthesis report, based on a survey carried out during 2022 with Cedefop's reporting network ReferNet, aims to provide a better understanding of the phenomenon of early leaving from vocational education and training (ELVET). Such understanding is a necessary precondition for designing...

Compared to other education levels, Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) graduates were the highest contributors (11.45%) to the unemployment rate in Indonesia in February 2021. Though worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, this is largely due to the misalignment of skills being taught in school and...

Mit Blick auf den gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt und die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit muss der digitale Rückstand im deutschen Bildungssystem aufgeholt werden. Dabei spielt die Berufsbildung aufgrund ihrer engen Verbindungen zur Wirtschaft eine Schlüsselrolle in der digitalen...

Mit Blick auf den gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt und die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit muss der digitale Rückstand im deutschen Bildungssystem aufgeholt werden. Dabei spielt die Berufsbildung aufgrund ihrer engen Verbindungen zur Wirtschaft eine Schlüsselrolle in der digitalen...

The success of donor funded programs depends on program readiness assessments which is highly correlated to donor requirements. Donors use program readiness assessments to determine a comparative objectively verifiable indicators to ascertain a Vocational training Centres capacity and...

Es wird zurzeit viel über Schulschließungen, Abi-Prüfungen und Studierende im Digitalmodus gesprochen - wenig hört man zur Situation von Auszubildenden.

Legitimation, Problemstellung und Argumentationsgang der Arbeit -- Entrepreneurship – Fachwissenschaftliche Grundlagen -- Entrepreneurship Education – Fachdidaktische Grundlagen -- Kompetenz- und testtheoretische Grundlagen -- Rahmenmodell zum unternehmerischen Wissen und Denken --...

Teachers and in-company trainers are central to vocational education and training (VET), as they support the school-to-work transitions of learners from diverse backgrounds. VET teachers develop learners' skills in school-based settings, while in-company trainers support learners during their...

Teachers and in-company trainers are central to vocational education and training (VET), as they support the school-to-work transitions of learners from diverse backgrounds. VET teachers develop learners’ skills in school-based settings, while in-company trainers support learners during their...

This paper provides new evidence on how the presence of immigrant peers in the classroom affects native student achievement. The analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data on two cohorts of vocational training students in Italy’s largest region. Vocational training institutions...

Die Bedeutung der Berufsschulen für die Qualifizierung und Integration von Jugendlichen in Ausbildung und für die regionale Wirtschaft wird aktuell interessenpolitisch übergreifend betont. Konsens besteht darin, dass die Verbesserung der infrastrukturellen Ausstattung zentrale Aufgabe der...

In der kumulativen Dissertationsschrift werden domänenspezifische Vorstellungen von Financial Literacy von Lehrkräften in der beruflichen Grundbildung untersucht. Die Bedeutung dieser Vorstellungen entstammt zum einen kognitionspsychologischen Argumentationslinien zum Einfluss von mentalen...

In Konsumgesellschaften gestaltet sich die Teilnahme an der Gesellschaft über Konsum. Gleiches gilt für Kinder und Jugendliche: Bereits Kinder verfügen über ein eigenes Taschengeld, welches primär der Konsumerziehung dienen soll, um die Planbarkeit von Ausgaben zu lernen. Kinder und...

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and required both firms and youth to apply for the program....

This paper provides new evidence on how the presence of immigrant peers in the classroom affects native student achievement. The analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data on two cohorts of vocational training students in Italy's largest region. Vocational training institutions...

This paper provides new evidence on how the presence of immigrant peers in the classroom affects native student achievement. The analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data on two cohorts of vocational training students in Italy's largest region. Vocational training institutions...

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. We examine the demand for the program and find an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduates firms...

A classic philosopher in the Bildung tradition, Humboldt argued that general Bildung was the opposite of specialist training (vocational education). This has been a matter of contention and the aim here is to revisit the issue through an empirical case study. In the vocational education...

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. The authors examine the demand for the program, and find an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of...