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Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This paper was presented to a meeting of the Wellington Exchange, an international group of higher education officials, in December 2008. One of the topics of the meeting was around the issue of possible skills shortages emerging as a result of demographic trends, with the ageing of the population of developed countries. The paper argues that this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Developed Nations, Economic Climate, Vocational Education
Inger, Morton – 1990
An initial analysis of self-reported, formal, postschool job training and the labor market outcomes of that training in Great Britain, Australia, and the United States was made through a study of survey results in each of the countries. The data revealed that there is not one kind of training, but various kinds for different purposes, with…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John; Rees, Gareth – 1997
A study attempted to determine whether the United States experience of continuing education and training provides an appropriate resource for changes intended to increase lifelong learning in the United Kingdom by considering institutional and cultural differences for the two countries. The study considered the trajectories for lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1999
A 1999 survey of employer views on vocational education and training (VET) interviewed 3,558 employers of recent VET graduates and 2,495 employers with no VET graduates. Focuses The focus was employers' characteristics, their general views on VET, and information on their organizations' training practices. Findings indicated the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Bertrand, Olivier – Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1991
This brief examines trends in the retail trade, especially in grocery stores, from an international perspective. A comparison of recent national studies finds the following: (1) significant differences in structure and organization exist, especially in the role of traditional small shops versus large chain grocery stores; (2) increasing store size…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1986
Sustainable growth has economic policies addressed to current imbalances as its necessary, though not its sufficient, condition. Labor markets are important for the growth process; as the level of economic activity increases, they function better, and as they function better, the level of economic activity increases further. Labor market…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Kirby, Peter; And Others – 1987
In both developing and industrialized countries, young people are highly exposed to unemployment. Over a cross-section of countries, the approximate ratio of youth to adult unemployment is two or three to one. Periods of unemployment tend to be shorter for youths. In developing countries, youth unemployment is higher among the less educated and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Behrens, Martina; And Others – 1992
A research project studied 4 selected matched samples of 160 youths each, aged 16-19 years, from 2 towns in England and 2 in Germany in order to compare the youths' experience of job training and the school-to-work transition. Two expanding towns--Swindon, England, and Paderborn, Germany--were paired, as were Liverpool and Bremen. Whereas…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economics
Hartkamp, Jannes – 2001
A study compared developments in size of apprenticeship programs and changes in the distribution of apprentices over occupational categories in Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands during the last 2 decades. Data were from the "time-series" school leavers' surveys database. Findings indicated, toward the late 1990s, Irish…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Dropouts
Gorard, Stephen; Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph – 1999
A study in South Wales developed the insights provided by previous research into further education and job training by exploring the ways in which the determinants of participation in lifetime learning vary systematically over time and from locality to locality. In addition, the study looked at empirical patterns of participation in lifetime…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Evans, Karen, Ed.; Heinz, Walter R., Ed. – 1994
A comparison study of the school-to-work transitions of young people aged 16-19 in Germany and England was followed up several years later when the former subjects were in their early twenties. Research was conducted through interviews, case studies, and studies of labor market trends. The analysis of the transition of the young people studied…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Vocational Training, 1990
This document describes major changes that have occurred in the integration of young people into working life in Europe and suggests policy implications in this area. The following articles are included: "Interview" (H. C. Jones); "A European Cultural Policy to Prevail over a Rapidly Changing and Uncertain Environment" (Sergio…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
Seeland, Suzanne – 1991
This paper presents an overview of the Equal Opportunities and Vocational Training program of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) from its inception in 1977 until 1990. In the first section, the report describes the legislation that spurred the equal opportunities and vocational training program and presents…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Hall, Richard; Bretherton, Tanya; Buchanan, John – 2000
A study investigated implications of the increase in non-standard forms of employment (casual work, working through labor-hire companies, and work that is outsourced) for vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. Data sources were published statistics on growth of non-standard work; research on reasons for the growth and the business…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Biographies, Case Studies
Phan, Oanh; Saunders, Stephen – 2002
A study investigated industry and employment characteristics and outcomes of module enrollees and completers in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. VET enrollment data showed module students were older than course enrollment students, more likely to be female, and to have completed Year 12. While VET module students and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Employment Patterns
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