scholarly journals Competence indicators in academic education and early labour market success of graduates in health sciences

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith H. Semeijn ◽  
Rolf van der Velden ◽  
Hans Heijke ◽  
Cees van der Vleuten ◽  
Henny P. A. Boshuizen
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Early Labour ◽  
Market Success

Labour Market Returns to Graduates’ International Experience: Exploring Cross-Country Variation in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marita Jacob ◽  
Michael Kühhirt ◽  
Margarida Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Market Returns ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Early Labour ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
Graduate Unemployment ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe potential benefits of increased international experience abound, ranging from enriching cultural understanding to an improvement of language skills and intercultural competence. At the same time, empirical evidence is mixed, particularly with regards to how well international experience translates into individual returns on the labour market. This article examines the association between studying abroad and early labour market outcomes in a comparative perspective aiming to shed light on why labour market returns differ across countries. We expect labour market returns to vary with specific country characteristics such as demand for international experience and competition among graduates at labour market entry. In our empirical analyses, we use data from 13 European countries that provide information on graduates’ early labour market outcomes. We find a large variation in the impact of studying abroad on both wages and attaining a higher service class position. Generally, the labour market returns to international experience are larger in countries in Eastern and Southern Europe with poorer university quality, higher graduate unemployment, and fewer students abroad.

The impact of non-profit temping agencies on individual labour market success

2001 ◽  
pp. 211-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lechner ◽  
Friedhelm Pfeiffer ◽  
Hannes Spengler ◽  
Matthias Almus
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Market Success

scholarly journals ‘One Size Fits All’ – A Default Policy that is Serving No One Well

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (S1) ◽  
pp. S28-S43
Author(s):  
Alison Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Educational Expansion ◽  
Dominant Model ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Zero Sum

This article will analyse the rather uniform ways in which developed countries, and notably those of Europe, have moved from systems in which tiny numbers of young people attended university to systems of mass and still expanding higher education. Although there are some surface differences between countries in organisation and levels of participation, these have actually decreased in recent decades, and convergence is continuing. This convergence reflects a general move towards a dominant model of tertiary education which gives priority and prestige to academic certification. The economic and policy drivers have been very similar. In the first instance, a changing labour market and growing middle class expanded demand for tertiary provision. Governments then became convinced that expanding higher education was an effective supply-side policy to promote growth and productivity, and an effective way to promote social mobility and equality; and so educational expansion and spending were privileged. However, in recent years, there has been a growing mismatch between the labour market and tertiary provision, which it is very hard to correct, partly because of politicians’ beliefs but also because the ‘signalling’ function of academic education has become paramount, and families quite rationally pursue high-prestige (but zero-sum) options for their children. Although there may be some degree of self-correction in the system, this is by no means assured and governments need to consider, actively, how to promote attractive alternatives to university study.

FAMILIES AND EARLY LABOUR MARKET EXPERIENCE: AN ANALYSIS OF SIBLINGS

1989 ◽  
Vol 31A (1) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Bradbury ◽  
Ian McRae ◽  
Lyn Woyzbun
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Early Labour ◽  
Market Experience
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