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The effectiveness of vocational secondary education on entry‐level job outcomes in Japan: Safety net for low‐educated youth in a vocationally weak educational system

Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 186-205, March 2025.
Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze the sociodemographic compositions and labor market entry of low‐educated youth in Japan. The paper specifically focuses on whether vocational education provides a safety net for labor market insecurities during an era of educational expansion.
Katsunori Ogawa
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Employment of High School Graduates: Focusing on the Effect of Student Vocational Education and Training Experience

International Journal of Training and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to identify latent employment quality patterns among vocational high school graduates and examine how these patterns are influenced by their upper‐secondary vocational education and training (VET) experiences. Grounded in the International Labour Organisation's concept of decent work, this study considers employment quality ...
Seong Ji Jeong
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Employment Preferences in Rwanda and Sierra Leone: A Constrained Comparative Secondary Analysis. [PDF]

Open Res Afr
Sangwa S, Kagiraneza E, Tieche Muberarugo B, Kamara K, Sarah Jawara R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human Capital 4.0: Readiness of Initial Vocational Education Programmes in Italy and Germany

International Journal of Training and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid pace of technological innovation and the advent of Industry 4.0 have profoundly transformed labour markets and the nature of work. This paper examines the preparedness of Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) programmes in Germany and Italy to meet the demands of Human Capital 4.0. Utilising a comparative analysis of three
Luca Antonazzo, Susanne Peters
wiley   +1 more source

Sanctuary to sinkhole and back again: video gaming and esport as a transition environment for young people at risk of marginalization. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Trotter MG, Linnér L, Jonasson K, Kegelaers J, Watson M, Østergaard LD, Larsen DK, Brain J, Schyvinck C, Gill M, Sergel K, Damm H, Johansson M, Didriksen MA, Baumann A, Cederström N, Johnson U.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Learning Factory‐Based Training Scenario in Vocational Education and Training Center

International Journal of Training and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industry 4.0 training has become a challenge. Many existing programmes are targeted at students and employees rather than at job seekers without prior industry experience. Vocational Education and Training (VET) centres are also a key element in the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, as they play an essential role in delivering training in this field ...
Ikram Ahidar, Andreas Riel, Michael Geis, Joachim Metternich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Level of education, labor-market marginalization, and alcohol-related mortality: a cohort study of Swedish men. [PDF]

Eur J Public Health
Thern E, Hemmingsson T, Carlsson E, Kjellberg K, Almroth M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Conversation With David Bellhouse

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
wiley   +1 more source

Designing a Territorial Composite Vulnerability Index to guide public health action in Cali, Colombia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Pinzón Flórez CE, Díaz M, Echeverry LG, Morales GE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A ‘New Unionism’ for 21st Century Britain: Towards a Strategic Synthesis

Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article presents research exploring how ‘mainstream’ unions can revitalise inspired by the bottom‐up organising of ‘indie’ unions. Putting insights from the ‘organising debate’ and Power Resource Theory to iterative work with rich interview data, we develop a strategic synthesis for a new unionism for 21st Century Britain.
Carl Hughes, Claes Belfrage, Alan Southern   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source