Human Capital Over the Life Cycle : A European Perspective
Catherine. Sofer
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (211 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Economics of Early Childhood Education; 2. The Economic Impact of Schooling Resources; 3. An Economist's View of Schooling Systems; 4. School-Leaving and Unemployment; 5. Early Career Experiences and Later Career Success; 6. Apprenticeship versus Vocational School; 7. Employer Provided Training within the European Union; 8. Labour Contracts and Economic Performance; 9. Education, Gender and Labour Mobility; Index. - The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand the link between education and training on the one hand and economic and social inequality on the other. The authors focus the analysis on three main aspects of the links between education and social inequality: educational inequality, differences in access to labour markets and differences in lifelong earnings and training. Almost all the stages in the life cycle are tracked from early childhood to stages late in the working life: firstly the characteristics and effects of schooling systems, the
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| Emner | Human capital
Human capital - Europe Labor demand - Europe Occupational training - Europe Vis mer... Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics intellektuell kapital arbeidskraft arbeidsmarked økonomi |
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| ISBN | 1843760673
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