Information in the Labour Market : Job-Worker Matching and Its Implications for Education in Ontario
This study uses a simple model of information gathering to generate policy recommendations concerning education in Ontario, especially at the post-secondary level.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1984.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; I: Introduction; II: Overview; 2 Earlier models of education: human capital and signalling; I: Introduction; II: Human capital; III: Signalling; IV: Human capital, signalling, or information?; 3 The informational model of schooling and job-worker matching; I: Introduction; II: Simplifying assumptions; III: Skills, jobs, and wage offers; IV: Information and the return to its accumulation; V: The costs of information accumulation; VI: Optimal investment in information quality; VII: Theoretical predictions; VIII: Summary and conclusion.
- 4 Education and training policy: basic guidelinesI: Introduction; II: Alternative rationales for government intervention; Ill: Effects of government intervention; IV: Guidelines for government intervention; V: Conclusion; 5 Education and training in Canada: recent trends and the current situation; I: Introduction; II: The nature of education and training in Canada; III: Enrolments and expenditures
- recent trends; IV: Recent trends in post-secondary education
- explanations; V: Future trends in post-secondary enrolments; VI: Conclusion; 6 Education and training in Canada: current issues.
- I: IntroductionII: The current debate; III: Our reaction to the current debate; IV: Conclusion; 7 Policy conclusions; I: Introduction; II: Analysis of recent enrolment trends; III: Basic policy guidelines; IV: Specific policy recommendations; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY.