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Training Specificity and Occupational Mobility: Evidence From German Apprenticeships

open access: yesEconometrica, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 741-766, May 2026.
Apprenticeships play a key role in enabling successful school‐to‐work transitions in many countries, but in the presence of imperfect information, the specificity of this type of training may entail important costs for those working outside their training fields.
Dita Eckardt
wiley   +1 more source

Problems and Solutions in the Knowledge Economy: Ideational Power in Slow‐Burning Crises

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, Volume 20, Issue 2, Page 575-588, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Societies are grappling with uncertainty about how to adapt to the emerging knowledge economy. Drawing on the public policy literature, we propose a new approach to studying the politics of ideas during long‐term structural changes. We depart from existing scholarship that focuses on the politics of ideas during episodic crises, and instead ...
Martin B. Carstensen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Learning in the Workplace. What About Academic Staff at Higher Education Institutions?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Training and Development, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 82-92, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Demographic development and hiring and retirement policies in higher education institutions (HEIs) have promoted the coexistence of different generations in university departments. Intergenerational learning (IGL) processes in the workplace are crucial for improving both individual and institutional well‐being and performance.
Sheila García‐Martín   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lebensumstände von Personen mit niedrigeren Lesekompetenzen : Analyse der grundlegenden Lesekomponenten aus PIAAC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Im Projekt PIAAC Reading Components werden mit dem gleichnamigen Modul in PIAAC die Lebensumstände von Personen mit niedrigen Lesekompetenzen in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich genauer untersucht. Die Daten werden im Licht des nationalen und
Perry, Anja   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Between Benefits and Burdens: Navigating the Dutch Landscape of Childcare Allowances From a Migrant Perspective

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 86-99, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how parents' perceived accessibility to childcare benefits differs among parents with and without migrant backgrounds, focusing on the roles of functional and digital literacy. Despite the increased availability of childcare services, complex policy procedures and digital requirements can create barriers to access ...
Mehri Zamanbin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Converting Nonrespondents in PIAAC Germany 2012 Using Responsive Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Using paradata to modify design features during fieldwork is the earmark of responsive designs (Groves & Heeringa, 2006). One objective of responsive approaches is to improve the composition of the final sample by gaining the participation of ...
Zabal, Anouk, Martin, Silke
core   +1 more source

Local Labour Market Resilience: The Role of Digitalisation and Working From Home

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 5, Page 1506-1532, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article shows that digital capital and working from home were essential for the resilience of local labour markets in the context of the COVID‐19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences in short‐time work rates of up to 30 percentage points at the beginning of the pandemic ...
Sarra Ben Yahmed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Just another cog in the machine? A worker‐level view of robotization and tasks

open access: yesEconomica, Volume 92, Issue 368, Page 1101-1148, October 2025.
Abstract Technological change has led to a decline in the share of routine and physical jobs, and a rise in the share of abstract and social ones at the economy level. However, much less is known about how these trends unfold at the individual level. Do workers' tasks become more or less routine and physical?
Milena Nikolova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemically Suspect Beliefs About COVID‐19: Results From a Population Survey in Finland

open access: yesApplied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 39, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT We examined the familiarity and popularity of epistemically suspect COVID‐19 claims and their associations with cognitive, social, and demographic factors in a sample of people living in Finland (N = 1077) during the pandemic (September 2021–January 2022).
Johanna K. Kaakinen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PIAAC Literacy: A Conceptual Framework

open access: yes
The current paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework for the assessment of numeracy developed for the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).
PIAAC Literacy Expert Group
core   +1 more source

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