scholarly journals Corrigendum to ‘The vocational specificity of educational systems and youth labour market integration: A literature review and meta-analysis’

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lieselotte Blommaert ◽  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H J Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Youth Labour

scholarly journals The Vocational Specificity of Educational Systems and Youth Labour Market Integration: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 720-740
Author(s):  
Lieselotte Blommaert ◽  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H J Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Youth Labour

Abstract Comparative research on the impact of the vocational specificity of educational systems on youth labour market integration has expanded rapidly in the past decades. The present study reviews this body of research, focusing on how it has conceptualized the vocational specificity of educational systems and theorized its effect on youth labour market integration. Moreover, this study synthesizes the empirical evidence compiled in this research using a meta-analytical approach. Our review reveals that this research area is theoretically fragmented. A commonly accepted definition of the vocational specificity of educational systems is lacking and various theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks are invoked to theorize the effect of vocational specificity, while exact mechanisms that are assumed to underlie the effect are often left unspecified. Our meta-analysis includes 105 effect estimates nested in 19 studies, published between 2003 and 2018, that used methods enabling a formal meta-analytical comparison. Results show that the overall average effect is positive and statistically significant but its magnitude is modest and there is substantial variability in the size and even direction of observed effects. We find that this variability is partly driven by which aspect of labour market integration was examined and which measure of vocational specificity was used.

scholarly journals De arbeidsmarktintegratie van jongeren in Europa verklaard

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes de Lange ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H.J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Youth Labour

Youth labour market integration in Europe explained Youth labour market integration in Europe explained Young people in Europe face great difficulties nowadays when first entering the labour market. Unemployment and temporary employment are high among youth, although considerable differences in these figures exist between European countries. In this article, we study to what extent cyclical, structural and institutional factors explain cross-national variation in youth labour market integration. In addition, we examine to what degree educational differences exist in the impact of these macro characteristics. To answer these research questions, we use data on young people from 29 European countries who were interviewed in the European Social Survey of 2002, 2004, 2006 or 2008 and left day-time education in the period 1992-2008. The results of the empirical analysis first of all show that high unemployment prevent young people from a smooth integration in the labour market. In addition, economic globalization has a positive effect on youth labour market integration. We also demonstrated that young people experience less difficulties with labour market integration as the educational system is more vocational specific. Higher educated in particular profit from the positive effect of the vocational specificity of the educational system. Finally, as the employment protection legislation of incumbent workers is stricter, young people experience more difficulties with labour market integration, especially higher educated youth.

Youth Labour Market Integration Across Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes de Lange ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H.J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Youth Labour

scholarly journals Meet the need – the role of vocational education and training for the youth labour market

Kyklos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-348
Author(s):  
Thomas Bolli ◽  
Maria Esther Oswald‐Egg ◽  
Ladina Rageth
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
And Training ◽  
Youth Labour

The role of social enterprises in facilitating labour market integration for people with disabilities: A convenient deflection from policy mainstreaming?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
CHERYL HIU-KWAN CHUI ◽  
CHEE HON CHAN ◽  
YANTO CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Work Integration ◽  
Disability Employment

Abstract Policymakers have increasingly embraced social enterprises as a vehicle to create job opportunities for the disadvantaged. However, there is limited research on social enterprises in the context of disability in relation to labour market integration. Drawing on the perspectives of representatives of work integration social enterprises and people with disabilities employed in these enterprises (n=21), this study examines whether and how work integration social enterprises promote inclusion for people with disabilities, and also explores the role of WISEs in enabling people with disabilities to transition into open employment. Thematic analysis revealed three key emergent themes: Cocooned inclusion but not transition; Reinforced normative demarcation; and WISEs as a deflection from institutionalizing proactive disability policy measures. This article argues that, although WISEs were able to provide job opportunities for people with disabilities, their purported function in enabling disabled people to transition into open employment remains constrained by factors beyond their control including prevailing norms and the absence of proactive disability employment measures. This article cautions against the over-romanticisation of WISEs as the primary means to ensure the rights of people with disabilities to participate in the labour market. Implications on disability employment policies in relation to social enterprises are discussed.

scholarly journals The Youth Labour Market, Populism and the Digitalization of Economies

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-320
Author(s):  
Raúl González Fabre
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Youth Labour

Firstly, a basic understanding of economic competition and its role in the lives of the youth is presented. Then two forces are described which have affected the lowest echelons of the labour competition market during the last decade and the political reactions (xenophobic, anti–system) which ensued. Finally, some ideas are summarized which were presented at the discussion on the competitive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the labour market, some of the responses proposed and the basic difficulties that affect them. We conclude that one must expect further political convulsions following infringements of the AI upon the structure of the youth labour market.

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