scholarly journals Mind the Gap Between Higher Education and the Labour Market for Students with a Disability in the Netherlands: A Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-157
Author(s):  
Marjolein Büscher-Touwen ◽  
Marian De Groot ◽  
Lineke Van Hal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Students With A Disability ◽  
Disability Research

The transition from higher education to the labour market is experienced as difficult by students with a disability. This gap between higher education and the labour market has tangible consequences for the participation of (young) people with a disability. Research shows that these students have a higher unemployment rate. This article addresses this gap by studying existing research data and by exploring experiences of students with a disability and other stakeholders as collected by the Dutch expert centre Handicap + Studie. We focus on the perspectives and responsibilities of the different parties involved: educational institutions, employers, municipalities, ministries and students with a disability. With this exercise, we want to contribute to putting this ‘gap’ and its stakeholders on the research agenda, arguing that more in-depth research on the transition from higher education to the labour market for students with a disability is needed. We will therefore conclude with themes that need to be researched in order to gain more knowledge for reducing the gap.

The Fight against Idleness

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony F. Heath ◽  
Elisabeth Garratt ◽  
Ridhi Kashyap ◽  
Yaojun Li ◽  
Lindsay Richards
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Educational Expansion ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Wide Range

Unemployment has a wide range of adverse consequences over and above the effects of the low income which people out of work receive. In the first decades after the war Britain tended to have a lower unemployment rate than most peer countries but this changed in the 1980s and 1990s, when Britain’s unemployment rate surged during the two recessions—possibly as a result of policies designed to tackle inflation. The young, those with less education, and ethnic minorities have higher risks of unemployment and these risks are cumulative. The evidence suggests that the problems facing young men with only low qualifications became relatively worse in the 1990s and 2000s. This perhaps reflects the dark side of educational expansion, young people with low qualifications being left behind and exposed in the labour market.

Which countries perform best and why?

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-90
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines countries' performance regarding youth unemployment. Although the labour market situation of young people has started to improve in a number of countries since the Great Recession of 2007–8, youth unemployment still remains very high across Europe. High youth unemployment rates reflect young people's difficulties in securing employment, or the inefficiency of the labour market. Germany and the Netherlands have established the most effective institutions to achieve a high integration of 15–19 year-olds in education and employment. Indeed, both Germany and the Netherlands are amongst the highest performing countries in the EU for making sure their young people are in employment. Austria and Denmark also achieve good youth labour market and employment outcomes. Meanwhile, countries like France and the UK try to facilitate school-to-work (STW) transitions by lowering labour costs through subsidies or low employment protection.

‘Staying on’: The Effects of Recent Changes in Educational Participation for 17–19 Year-Olds in Norway and Scotland

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torild Hammer ◽  
Andy Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Disadvantaged Youth ◽  
Educational Participation ◽  
Middle Class Families

In this paper we consider some of the implications of the growth of educational participation for the labour market integration of young people between the ages of 17 and 19 in Norway and Scotland. In particular, we focus on the experiences of disadvantaged youth and assess the extent to which they benefit from participation in post-compulsory schooling. We argue that in terms of success on the labour market, post-compulsory secondary education is only beneficial to those intending to continue into Higher Education. We demonstrate the existence of persistent inequalities among ‘non-traditional stayers’, and show that despite greater access to post-compulsory education, young people from middle class families still retain important advantages in both Norway and Scotland. However, we argue that in Scotland, females and those from less advantaged social positions are more disadvantaged than their Norwegian counterparts.

The impact of higher education on employment in the labour market: Lithuanian case

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Dalia Bernatonyte ◽  
Jadvyga Ciburiene ◽  
Zaneta Simanaviciene ◽  
Grazina Startiene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
Impact Of Higher Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This study aims to investigate the employment of higher education in Lithuanian labour market between 2005 and 2014. Today, this problem is relevant to Lithuania, as level of high school graduates employment is changing yearly. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the impact of higher education on employment in Lithuanian labour market. Seeking to define the impact of higher education on employment in Lithuanian labour market, analysis and synthesis of scientific literature about the influence of education on the labour market; systematic statistical data analysis of Lithuanian education and employment and unemployment rate are presented. In order to compare the impact of Lithuanian higher education on employment rate, unemployment rate and real labour productivity with other countries of the EU-28, the correlation analysis are used. Results indicate that education attainment has influence on employment and unemployment level in Lithuanian labour market and relationship between higher education and employment, unemployment and real labour productivity are dominated in all the EU-28 countries.   Keywords: education; higher education; employment;  unemployment; labour productivity.

China job market risks go beyond unemployment

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Risks ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Jobs

Subject Labour market conditions in China. Significance China’s official unemployment rate in 2014 was 4.09%, up from 4.05% in 2013. For the three previous years, it had stood still at exactly 4.10%. These implausible data give the illusion of stability during a period of slowing growth and economic uncertainty, and obscure a complex and volatile labour market that now presents a serious challenge to the government. The government is well aware of the pressures on the labour market and has stated its intention to create 10 million new jobs this year. Impacts Fewer young people will enter the workforce, and those who do will have much higher expectations. An older workforce means higher wage demands and the payment of pensions and medical insurance. China will have to find suitable employment for an increasing number of graduates; 7.5 million this year alone. Vocational and on-the-job training will have to revamped and invigorated to meet the demands of both employers and employees. The government's reliance on 'entrepreneurial spirit' to create new jobs could create more social tension.

Transition From School to Work

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Apaydın
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
School To Work ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Labor Market Programs

Although the pattern and issue of transition from school to work (TSW) is commonly discussed in France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and the US, it cannot find a place as a topic of discussion in the press and academe in Turkey. In reality, transition from school to work constitutes one of the most critical steps in young people's careers. It is therefore necessary to discuss the power of public policies to improve policies for young people, such as the regulation of the labor market, labor market programs, the effect of education on having a profession, and transition from higher education to work, all of which are underlined in the literature. The aim of this chapter is to discuss the process of transition from higher education to work within the context of Turkey based on the literature.

Student Lives in Crisis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Debt ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Family State

With rising levels of student debt and precarity, young people’s lives in university are not always smooth. Lorenza Antonucci has travelled across England, Italy and Sweden to understand how inequality is reproduced through university. This book provides a compelling narrative of what it means to be in university in Europe in the 21st century, not only in terms of education, but also in terms of finances, housing and well-being. Furthermore, this book shows how inequality is reproduced during university by how young people from different social classes combine family, state and labour market sources. The book identifies different profiles of young people’s experiences in university, from ‘Struggling and hopeless’ to ‘Having a great time’. Furthermore, the book discusses how the ‘welfare mixes’ present in the three countries determine different types of semi-dependence, and reinforce inequalities. The book identifies a general trend of privatisation of student support in higher education, which pushes young people to participate in the labour market and over-rely on family resources in order to sustain their participation in university. Not only does this protract young people’s semi-dependence, but it also increases inequality among different groups of young people. In addition to the current policy focus on access to higher education, and transitions to the labour market, the book calls for a greater attention on the policies that can change young people’s lives while in university.

scholarly journals A frissdiplomások végzéskori elvárásainak és három éves munkaerőpiaci tapasztalatainak összehasonlítása

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
László Tamándl
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Law ◽  
Higher Educational

The higher educational institutions in the USA and some countries of Europe have already examined the careers of their alumni for more decades. This process has many positive signs: it makes the connections between the institutions and the alumni stronger, just like between the institutions and the labour market; in addition it attracts attention to the building and the possible changes. In Hungary the inauguration of the compulsory career-following-system was laid down in the Law of Higher Education in 2005 (2005/CXXXIX. act of the higher education). The career-following is very important for the Széchenyi István University, so is the utilization of its results. The inauguration of the career-following-system of the alumni (the Hungarian abbreviation, that will be used henceforth: DPR) in the higher education is voluntary. As far as the representativity is concerned, the universities and colleges have unfortunately problems in Hungary how to achieve their alumni and how to get them to cooperate. A successful institutional DPR needs live connections with the students over their study and after it as well.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION MEETING CHALLENGES OF 21ST CENTURY LABOUR MARKET

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (Special) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANATOLII LIFEROV ◽  
LYDIA KOSTIKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Corporate Education ◽  
Business Partnership ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

The purpose of this article is to review and compare ideas about the changes taking place in the process of Russian higher education modernization. The methods used are theoretical and empirical (an analysis and synthesis of literature, interviewing, observation and analysis of the educational process at a University). As a result of the research it is shown that the modernization is complicated by such factors as insufficient financing, poor infrastructure, psychological inability of the professorial staff to comply with the demands of a modernizing society, bureaucracy, and lack of university-business cooperation. The development of Russian corporate education may bring about considerable changes in the sphere of professional training and retraining. It may trigger off a change in the role of traditional institutes of professional development. Classical universities are no longer the only suppliers of the labour force. In the contemporary labour market, they compete with corporate educational institutions. It is concluded that traditional educational institutions and corporate educational institutions will be able to collaborate effectively in postindustrial Russia. Traditional universities should record, systematize and transmit universal cultural norms and values. They should preserve cultural heritage preventing it from disappearing. The improvement of university-business cooperation promotes government-business partnership, which is well illustrated by the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

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