This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...

In this paper, the authors explore the way(s) that information and communication technologies (ICT) might contribute to effective coordination of lifelong guidance and validation of non-formal and informal learning. Based on 12 national practices, the paper illustrates the potential for...

This study compares the wage equation in Korea to those in other countries, focusing on the wage returns to adult education and training (AET) participation. It is found that the wage compensation structure in Korea is associated mainly with job characteristics such as tenure and workplace size...

This paper analyses employment transitions and workers' skills in Brazil using a random sample from the universe of formal labour contracts covering the period from 2003 to 2018. We develop a novel procedure to derive a measure of occupational distance and internationally comparable skill...

Context: This research was conducted in the context of Finnish vocational education and training (VET) teacher training. The teacher training was work-based, meaning that each teacher trainee was already working as an unqualified VET teacher. Workplaces were comprehensively utilised as the...

Education has been cited in both theoretical and empirical literature as a key driver of socioeconomic growth. African educational outcomes, however, continue to be subpar at all levels. This study examines the impact of democracy on lifelong learning in 52 African countries from 1990 to 2020,...

This study analyses costs and benefits of a public-private funded individual learning account (ILA) for the labour force in the Netherlands. We consider an ILA that is funded by subsidies targeted at low- and medium-educated workers and co-funded by training levies as a share of the wage bill....

We assess whether online data on vacancies and applications to a job board are a suitable source for studying skills dynamics outside of Europe and the United States, where a rich literature has examined skills dynamics using online vacancy data. Yet, the knowledge on skills dynamics is scarce...

This study analyses costs and benefits of a public-private funded individual learning account (ILA) for the labour force in the Netherlands. We consider an ILA that is funded by subsidies targeted at low- and medium-educated workers and co-funded by training levies as a share of the wage bill....

This paper examines the role of lifelong learning in counteracting skill depreciation and obsolescence. We build on findings showing that different skill types have structurally different depreciation rates. We differentiate between occupations with more hard skills versus more soft skills. To...

Könnte die Corona-Pandemie durch ihren Effekt auf die Digitalisierung auch die technologiebedingte Arbeitslosigkeit erhöhen? Und ist deshalb die Zeit für eine breit angelegte Weiterbildungsoffensive gekommen? Grundsätzlich ist das Fortbildungsangebot ist in der Schweiz sehr breit, und es...

Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain this observation: (1) highly educated people have higher opportunity costs of their leisure time and thus prefer...

The idea of free education was first mooted in Nigeria in the early 1950s by the Action Group, a political party that Michael Adekunle Ajasin was a member. For over sixty years since the idea during the struggles for Nigerian independence, politicians have continued to use free education to gain...

In order to be competitive in the knowledge market, in today's modern times, which is both a time of constant change and great insecurity, we need to be prepared for the challenges ahead. The only way any of us can achieve this is - lifelong learning. According to the Lisbon Declaration,...

Weiterbildung wird zunehmend nicht nur in den Kontext des lebenslangen, sondern auch des lebensweiten Lernens gestellt. Anhand von vier Unternehmensfällen untersucht diese Studie, welche Mittel Betriebsräte nutzen können, um Lifelong and Lifewide Learning im Sinne der Beschäftigten...

In der Corona-Krise sollte der Staat mehr für die berufliche Weiterbildung tun.

Access to further training among adults on the labor market is unequally distributed. In particular, workers in occupations that are likely to be replaced by machines in the future participate less in training. This is mainly because of the job tasks they conduct: workers conducting routine...

The notion of lifelong learning is gaining importance, not only in the labor market but also in other areas of modern societies. Previous research finds variation in occupation-related training participation by worker and workplace characteristics, gender, and education. However, evidence on the...

Context: Two major challenges in professional and vocational education (VET) are low levels of relevance and coherence between the content of the educational program and developing competence in working life. This article is based on an action research project, conducted as a series of...

Weiterbildung wird zunehmend nicht nur in den Kontext des lebenslangen, sondern auch des lebensweiten Lernens gestellt. Anhand von vier Unternehmensfällen untersucht diese Studie, welche Mittel Betriebsräte nutzen können, um Lifelong and Lifewide Learning im Sinne der Beschäftigten...

Industry 4.0 is related to major changes, particularly in production. As such changes might have major implications for the labour market; the paper focuses on the assumptions of the human capital and its preparedness for Industry 4.0 in the Czech Republic. The findings are based on EUROSTAT,...

This paper has put a demand-side empirical structure to the hypothesis that foreign aid volatility adversely affects choices to lifelong learning in recipient countries. Lifelong learning is measured as the combined knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary educational...

Rapid technological development makes skills depreciate faster than in the past while new technologies generate gaps in workers’ skills and call for the acquisition of proper skills and lifelong learning. Proper skill mixes for future jobs include strong cognitive skills, basic information and...

In der 8. Ausgabe präsentiert der indikatorenbasierte Bericht Daten und Analysen zum deutschen Bildungssystem für Bildungspolitik, Bildungsplanung und Öffentlichkeit. Schwerpunktthema der Langzeitsystemstudie ist Bildung in einer digitalisierten Welt. Die Bestandsaufnahme zum deutschen...

This OECD Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance report presents a model for the segmentation of the adult learning population in Flanders, which resulted in the identification of nine representative learner profiles. These profiles provide unique insights into the diversity of factors that...

Teil I E-Learning - Hochschule (Anwendungsbereich I): 1 Hochschule in der digitalen Welt - Zeitgemäße Hochschullehre braucht Organisationsentwicklung -- 2 Die Bedeutung des organisationalen Reifegrades für digitale Lernkompetenzen im E-Learning -- 3 Learning Change – Auf dem Weg zur...

Entstehung und Entwicklung der Berufserziehung im Mittelalter -- Berufserziehung zu Beginn der Frühen Neuzeit -- Entwicklung der Berufserziehung im Absolutismus und in der Aufklärung – Das pädagogische Zeitalter -- Berufserziehung vom Ende des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation...