Returns on vocational education over the life cycle: Between immediate labour market preparation and lifelong employability

Lavrijsen, Jeroen; Nicaise, Idès

doi:10.1007/s11159-017-9630-9

Cited by 32 publications

(32 citation statements)

References 30 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Hanushek et al provided empirical support for their thesis by showing that generally educated individuals compensate a lower employment rate at younger ages with a higher employment rate at later ages. A number of other recent contributions confirmed this conclusion and also found some evidence on a similar trade-off in terms of earnings (Stenberg and Westerlund, 2015;Forster et al, 2016;Hampf and Woessman, 2017;Lavrijsen and Nicaise, 2017). Brunello and Rocco (2017) conversely found more mixed evidence for such a trade-off in the case of academic versus vocational education in Britain.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…To account for the complex sampling designs, all data are weighted using sampling weights and giving the same weight to each country (cf. Hampf and Woessman, 2017;Lavrijsen and Nicaise, 2017 Using international datasets allows us to identify the average effect of vocational education across different countries. However, as Hanushek et al (2017) showed, this average may hide substantial differences in effects with dual system countries facing the most pronounced trade-off.…”

Section: Data and Sample Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects

Verhaest

Lavrijsen

Trier

et al. 2018

Oxford Economic Papers

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Earlier research showed that obtaining a vocational instead of a general qualification has contrasting effects on employment and earnings over the life course. Relying on two international datasets (ESJS and PIAAC) and focussing on upper-secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary qualifications, we find similar contrasting effects in terms of educational and skill mismatches. While vocationally educated individuals are less likely to face mismatches at the start of their careers, this advantage gradually fades out over time. This pattern is not only found for overall mismatches, but also for mismatches in terms of several more detailed types of skills. We also find more favourable effects in terms of avoided mismatches for vocational programmes that combine a specific focus with workplace learning, while programmes that combine a less-specific focus with workplace learning seem to be less effective.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Data and Sample Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects

Verhaest

Lavrijsen

Trier

et al. 2018

Oxford Economic Papers

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Further, studies dealing with informal or non-formal learning have shown a lack of evaluation tools adapted to these types of training situations, particularly in a dynamic dimension over the duration of an integration path (in vocational situations) [34], or, in the case of students, a medium-low development of competencies for employability [3]. A successful transition from university to working life requires that graduates are able to employ their education and academic competences in real working-life contexts [32].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Employability by a Skills Assessment Innovative Tool—Sustainable Transnational Insights from Employers

2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Employability remains an important subject in the European and international context. This is the first qualitative and quantitative transnational research of the perception of the heterogeneous sample of employers regarding a sustainable and experimental innovative tool for the assessment of competencies to support employability. The aim of this study is an empirical examining of the employers perception from Austria, Romania and Sweden, from five different sectors of activity regarding a sustainable and innovative online tool for continuous assessment of skills to support employability. In the study, a quantitative analysis was carried out using data based on Eurostat indicators for quality of employment and a qualitative analysis using face-to-face interviews. Our results show that even if there are significant statistically differences regarding the quality of employment according to the Eurostat indicators, all these countries have a good, equally and strong perception with an innovative and sustainable tool for continuous assessment of skills to support employability. The research results fill a gap in the existing literature and offer a new and argued point of view regarding the continuous assessment of competences from the employer’s point of view from the three different countries as regarding the social, economic and political aspects.

show abstract

“…However, as individuals grow older, this initial advantage erodes and even leads to a disadvantage at older ages. Several replication studies drawing on internationally comparative cross-sectional data support the general pattern of a trade-off in returns over the life course, although their conclusions regarding country differences are mixed (Forster, Bol, & van de Werfhorst, 2016;Hampf & Woessmann, 2017;Lavrijsen & Nicaise, 2017). Studies devoted to only one country find large initial employment benefits of vocational education that later morph into marginal disadvantages before retirement in the Netherlands (Forster & Bol, 2018), no tradeoff with regard to employment prospects in Switzerland (Korber & Oesch, 2019), or only for the lesser-educated in the UK (Brunello & Rocco, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Vocational Education and Employment: Explaining Cohort Variations in Life Course Patterns

Kratz¹,

Patzina

Kleinert

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A stylized finding on returns to vocational education is that vocational compared to general education generates a differential life course pattern of employability: while vocational education guarantees smooth transitions into the labour market and thus generates initial advantages, these erode with increasing age, leading to late-life reversals in employment chances. We contribute to this research by assessing cohort variations in life-cycle patterns and distinguishing two explanations for late-life reversals in employment chances. The adaptability argument states that this phenomenon is due to the lower adaptability and occupational flexibility of those with vocational education. In contrast, the health argument states that vocational education leads to physically more demanding occupations, faster health deterioration, and, thus, lower employability in later life. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we employ non-parametric state probability analysis to assess cohort variations in employment patterns, and mediation analysis to assess how much of the late-life reversal of employment patterns is due to a faster health deterioration among the vocationally educated. Results show that the early life advantage of vocational education increases across cohorts. Furthermore, those with vocational education exhibit faster health deterioration, and a small part of the late-life employment disadvantage of this group works through lower levels of health after midlife.

show abstract

Returns on vocational education over the life cycle: Between immediate labour market preparation and lifelong employability

Cited by 32 publications

References 30 publications

General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects

General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects

Supporting Employability by a Skills Assessment Innovative Tool—Sustainable Transnational Insights from Employers

Vocational Education and Employment: Explaining Cohort Variations in Life Course Patterns

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About