Towards a Transparent Labour Market for Educational Decisions

ISBN-13: 9781138364967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 274 str.

Han Heijke; Lex Borghans

Opis

First published in 1998, this collection of essays strongly advocates for increased flexibility in the Dutch labour market and questions current assumptions on the connections between education choices and ultimate employment outcomes.

Spis treści

1. Investing in Education. Hans Heijke and Lex Borghans. Part 1. Prospects. 2. Future Developments in the Job Level and Domain of High-Skilled Workers. Andries de Grip, Lex Borghans and Wendy Smits. 3. The Return to Education. Jaap de Koning. 4. Labour Market Forecasts and Choice of Education. Dinand Webbink. Part 2. Flexibility. 5. A Job to Match your Education: Does it Matter? Joop Hartog and Nicole Jonker. 5. Flexibility and Structure of the Dutch Labour Market. Lex Borghans and Hans Heijke. 7. Asymmetric Skill Substitution, Labour Market Flexibility, and the Allocation of Qualifications. Adriaan van Zon, Joan Muysken and Huub Meijers. Part 3. Curriculum. 8. Curriculum Characteristics and Labour Market Perspectives. Wim Nijhof. 9. Does Curriculum Matter? A Theoretical Clue to an Empirical Puzzle. Aire Glebbeek and Sietske Waslander. 10. Education, Skills and Wages. Hans Heijke, Mieke Koeslag and Rolf van der Velden.