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María José Ibáñez Ayuso – Journal of Learning for Development, 2025
Micro-credentials have gained significant interest due to their potential to create flexible learning pathways and offer real-time, up-to-date training for the rapidly evolving labour market. Additionally, international organisations have highlighted their capacity to elevate the value of non-formal education and foster inclusive higher education…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Labor Market, International Organizations, Labor Force Development
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Marschall, Daniel – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this report is to examine the historical development and policy evolution of workforce intermediaries, a community-based model of education, job training and economic development practices that has become commonplace in local and regional labor markets. Workforce intermediaries broker the relationship between workers and employers,…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Training, Economic Development, Federal Legislation
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Kristine Uzule; Zanda Gobniece; Jelena Titko – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
Digital transformation has profoundly impacted social and economic life by enhancing workforce competences, fostering innovation, and creating competitive advantages. Given that the driving force of digital transformation is technology, this study aimed to determine whether education and workforce competences are perceived as essential factors in…
Descriptors: Technology, Social Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
T. Scott Murray; Marilyn Binkley – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
This report makes the case for a shift in emphasis in U.S. education and workforce development policy. Specifically, the report sets out a rationale for investing more in upgrading the foundational skill levels of the U.S. workforce. The report summarizes the results of studies that used data from the 1994 International Adult Literacy Survey…
Descriptors: Adults, Surveys, Adult Literacy, Labor Force Development
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Fang, Bo; Zhang, Panpan; Kim, Sehoon – European Journal of Training and Development, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore recent national human resource development (NHRD) practices in China through a literature review focusing on programs and activities that represent the roles and interactions among the government, industry and universities. Design/methodology/approach: To effectively consolidate previous work and…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, School Business Relationship, Government School Relationship
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Harmon, Hobart L.; Bergeron, Larry J., Jr.; Johnson, Jerry D. – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: This project analyzed recent doctoral dissertations addressing the role of community colleges in rural development for the purpose of identifying themes in the reported results and offering recommendations for future research. Methods: A meta-synthesis approach was utilized with 20 doctoral dissertations from the time period 2009 to…
Descriptors: Rural Development, Community Colleges, Meta Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
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McGrath, Simon; Ramsarup, Presha; Zeelen, Jacques; Wedekind, Volker; Allais, Stephanie; Lotz-Sisitka, Heila; Monk, David; Openjuru, George; Russon, Jo-Anna – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
The SDGs mark the clearest global acceptance yet that the previous approach to development was unsustainable. In VET, UNESCO has responded by developing a clear account of how a transformed VET must be part of a transformative approach to development. It argues that credible, comprehensive skills systems can be built that can support individuals,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Transformative Learning, Educational Change, Economic Development
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Ma, Xinxin; Iwasaki, Ichiro – Education Economics, 2021
In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis of 2,191 empirical results reported in 213 existing studies to estimate the Mincer-type return to schooling in China. The results revealed that the return to schooling showed a positive impact, and the effect size was medium in terms of the partial correlation coefficient. We also found that workers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Geographic Location, Gender Differences
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Muchira, John Munyui – Information and Learning Sciences, 2023
Purpose: Kenya leads East Africa in creative goods export and enjoys high internet penetration. Therefore, identifying pathways, missed opportunities for accelerating job creation and development in the sector and strategies for mitigating youth-related challenges are essential. This paper therefore aims to examine the effects of digital media and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Internet, Income
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Zhonglu, Li – Chinese Education & Society, 2022
As the number of graduates from institutions of higher education has soared year after year, alongside growth in the demand for high-end talent posed by economic development, a growing number of graduates from undergraduate programs are choosing to continue on to receive graduate education, so as to improve their competitive advantage in the labor…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Student Surveys
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Sasso, Simone; Ritzen, Jo – Education Economics, 2019
We focus on human capital measured by skills and analyse its relationship with R&D investments and productivity across 12 OECD economies and 17 industries. We compute a measure of sectoral human capital defined as the average cognitive skills of the workforce in each country-sector combination. The variation in labour productivity that can be…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Research and Development, Productivity, Cross Cultural Studies
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Schmidtke, Carsten; Chen, Peng – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2016
Chinese scholars have not yet achieved consensus on the specific theories that should be part of a Chinese HRD theory base. A review of the Chinese HRD literature has identified four theory domains frequently mentioned as a possible foundation for the discipline: management, economics, sociology, and psychology/learning. Considering Swanson and…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Theories
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Sparkman, Torrence E. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors and conditions that influence national human resource development (NHRD) in Brazil. In this paper, the transitioning nature of the political, economic, social and educational conditions; the current challenges and trends that may impact NHRD; and the current status of NHRD research in…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Akinyemi, Gbenga M.; Abiddin, Norhasni Zainal – International Education Studies, 2013
The dynamic changes in today's world have made countries of the world masters of their own destinies. In this light, it has become noted today that "the affluence or penury of nations depends largely on the quality of higher education". This is informed by the fact that higher education systems of a nation is the "machinery of…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Higher Education, Educational Quality
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Arthur-Mensah, Nana; Alagaraja, Meera – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore trends and changes in technical vocational education and training (TVET) in emerging economies as a national human resource development (NHRD) approach and its practical applications using Ghana as an example. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach was used to develop an in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Human Resources
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