The effects of vocational education on adult skills and wages What can we learn from PIAAC?

In this report we investigate the effects of vocational education and training (VET) on adult skills and labour market outcomes by using the PIAAC survey. Data comparability across countries, the breath of countries involved, and the almost unique presence of information on assessed skills, training...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brunello, Giorgio
Other Authors: Rocco, Lorenzo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2015
Series:OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:In this report we investigate the effects of vocational education and training (VET) on adult skills and labour market outcomes by using the PIAAC survey. Data comparability across countries, the breath of countries involved, and the almost unique presence of information on assessed skills, training, earnings and employment makes this survey especially valuable to study the different facets of VET as compared to more academic education
Physical Description:105 p. 21 x 29.7cm