The Age-Pattern of Training in Advanced Economies: Theory and Evidence from OECD Countries - Couverture souple

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9783639080919: The Age-Pattern of Training in Advanced Economies: Theory and Evidence from OECD Countries
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ISBN 10 : 3639080912 ISBN 13 : 9783639080919
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

This book analyses the age-profile of investments in human capital, both theoretically and empirically. It identifies the forces driving the employer and self-financed training investments in different skills, by age and length of service, and points to the importance of the costs and returns to training investments, capital constraints, job turnover propensities, imperfect information and the institutional setting in determining the type and timing of training investments made. The econometric analysis performed, using the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), provides an insight into the age-profiles of training participation, duration and volume in a number of OCED countries. The findings of this work are used to make recommendations for future policy directions in the area of continuing adult training (or ‘lifelong-learning’), both in terms of the policy goals that are set and the choice of means by which these goals are to be achieved. The content of this book will be of interest to policy makers, as well as to academics concerned with the issue of investment in education and training.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book analyses the age-profile of investments in human capital, both theoretically and empirically. It identifies the forces driving the employer and self-financed training investments in different skills, by age and length of service, and points to the importance of the costs and returns to training investments, capital constraints, job turnover propensities, imperfect information and the institutional setting in determining the type and timing of training investments made. The econometric analysis performed, using the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), provides an insight into the age-profiles of training participation, duration and volume in a number of OCED countries. The findings of this work are used to make recommendations for future policy directions in the area of continuing adult training (or ‘lifelong-learning’), both in terms of the policy goals that are set and the choice of means by which these goals are to be achieved. The content of this book will be of interest to policy makers, as well as to academics concerned with the issue of investment in education and training.

Biographie de l'auteur

PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge. Currently a Strategy Consultant in London, UK.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639080912
ISBN 13 
9783639080919
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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