Handbook on Education and the Labour Market

It is commonly asserted that education is crucial for meeting the challenges concerning the futures of work. But education cannot overcome deficient economic policies causing declining job quality, mass unemployment and rising under-employment. Instead of pre-occupation with so-called 21st-century s…

The Australian Trade Union Training Authority (TUTA) ran a program of training for unionists from 1975 to 1996. For many participants, the TUTA courses were transformative, developing skills and knowledge. For some, it was their first positive educational experience, one that recognised their expert…

Vocational education and training (VET) is regarded as the least homogeneous among educational fields. This chapter offers a thorough overview of recent sociological research on VET at the upper secondary level. Recognizing the dynamic and diverse nature of VET, the chapter highlights the importance…

Despite the rapid diffusion of technological innovations, there has been no convergence of national skill formation systems. This is due to the different influences from the employment system, which begins with vocational training and continues through different forms of lifelong learning within com…

This chapter discusses the situation of higher education with regard to the provision of general and academic skills, and argues that recent developments should be seen as motivation to continuously revisit questions on the transition from higher education to work. After a rapid expansion, the shape…

For dual apprenticeship systems to be successful, firms must be willing to train apprentices, which in turn depends on the expected costs and benefits of training. In traditional apprenticeship countries, monitoring systems are supposed to ensure sufficiently high training quality and that firms do …