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The right skills for the job? : rethinking training policies for workers /
Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2012.
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| Colección: | Human development perspectives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Market Failures, OJT, and Training-Related ALMPs; Government Failures and TVET; An Agenda for Research and Policy Analysis; Notes; References; Chapter 1: Overview; Introduction; Figures; 1.1 Demand for Different Types of Skills in the United States, 1960 ... 2002; Boxes; 1.1 Defining Job-Relevant Skills and Acknowledging the Boundaries of Job Training Policies; Linking Market and Government Failures to the Design of Training-Related Interventions; 1.2 Reasons for Market Failures; Implications for Training Programs.
- Open Methodological and Policy Questions: Building a Research and Operational Agenda1.2 Recent Developments in International Skills Assessments; 1.3 Identifying Market Failures through Impact Evaluations: Spotlight on Turkey; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Policy Framework: The Economic Rationale for Skills Development Policies; Why Do Markets Fail in the Provision of Training and How Can Policies Help?; Tables; 2.1 The Training Market: Market Failures and Suggested Policy Interventions; 2.1 Degree of Competition in a Skills Market and the Poaching Externality.
- 2.1 Looking at the Hospitality and Construction Sectors in Cambodia: Skills Gaps and Mismatches for University GraduatesB2.1.1 Vocational Training Skills Gap; B2.1.2 Foreign Language Proficiency and Behavioral Skills Gaps; Why Do Governments Also Fail in the Provision of Training?; 2.2 Challenges in National Training Funds to Promote Job-Relevant Skills; 2.2 The Training Market: Government Failures and Policy Recommendations; 2.2 The Main Actors in the Provision of Skills; Conclusion; Notes; References.
- Chapter 3: Pre-Employment Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Fostering Relevance, Effectiveness, and EfficiencyIntroduction; Participation in Pre-Employment TVET; 3.1 Share of TVET Enrollments at the Upper Secondary Level, by Region and in Relation to Per Capita GDP; Labor Market Outcomes of TVET Programs; 3.2 Employment and Earnings among Graduates of TVET and Academic Programs, OECD Countries, 2007; 3.1 Returns to TVET and Other Labor Market Outcomes in Selected Developing Countries; Skills Demand and Skills Acquisition through Pre-Employment TVET.
- Policy Challenges in Pre-Employment TVET3.3 Training Programs and the Building of Job-Relevant Skills; 3.1 Employers' Views on the Role of Pre-Employment Vocational Training in England and Poland; B3.1.1 Employability Skills Prioritized by English and Polish Employers, 2008 and 2009, Respectively; 3.2 Demand-Led Pre-Employment TVET for Economic Growth in Singapore; B3.2.1 Evolution of EDB's Skills Development Schemes, 1972 ... 93; 3.3 Private Sector ... Led Pre-Employment TVET for Construction Workers in India; Conclusion; Notes; References; Annex: Detailed Data Sources for Table 3.1.