The Right Skills for the Job? Rethinking Training Policies for Workers
This book addresses the question of how to build and upgrade job relevant skills. Specifically, the authors focus on three types of training programs relevant for individuals who are leaving formal general schooling or are already in the labor market: pre-employment technical and vocational educatio...
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Academic Programs access to training acquisition of knowledge Adolescent Girls adults apprenticeship arrangements bargaining bargaining power basic education Basic Skills bureaucracies business processes business services capital markets classroom classroom instruction classroom learning cognitive skills communication skills competitive bidding competitive labor markets continuous training craftsmen curricula curriculum data collection Data Sources decision-making Development Strategies Displaced Workers Division of Labor early childhood early childhood development early years of life Economic Growth economic sectors Economics educated workers Education for All education institutions Education programs Education Reform Education Sector education system education systems educational activities Educational Development Employment employment opportunities enrollment externalities Financial institutions formal schooling Free Press gender differences Gender discrimination general education general secondary education Girls Global Education high school high unemployment higher levels of education Human Capital Human development imperfect information Income Industrial Training innovation innovations instructional content Insurance interactive skills internships Interventions investments in education Job Training labor costs Labor Economics Labor Force Labor Market labor market indicators Labor Market Policies labor markets labor mobility labor policies Labour leadership Level of Education life skills literacy living standards low levels of education lower secondary education Manpower Manpower policy Market Failures new entrants nongovernmental organizations numeracy Occupational training occupations Pecuniary externalities perfect competition political institutions political process problem solving problem-solving skills production techniques Productivity productivity growth public institutions quality education quality standards resource allocation Retraining schooling schools secondary education secondary school secondary schools skill development skilled labor Skilled Workers Skills Acquisition Skills Development Skills Training social benefits social skills student characteristics student learning student loans Target Populations teachers Teaching Technical Education tertiary education trainees Training centers training costs training courses Training Programs training providers Unemployed Unemployment Unemployment Rates universities unskilled labor Unskilled Workers Vocational education vocational skills Vocational Training vulnerable groups wage subsidies Wages writing skills Young People Youth Almeida, Rita Behrman, Jere Robalino, David The Right Skills for the Job? Rethinking Training Policies for Workers |
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This book addresses the question of how to build and upgrade job relevant skills. Specifically, the authors focus on three types of training programs relevant for individuals who are leaving formal general schooling or are already in the labor market: pre-employment technical and vocational education and training (TVET); on-the-job training (OJT); and training-related active labor market programs (ALMPs). ALMPs are usually of shorter duration and target individuals who are seeking a second chance and who do not have access to TVET or OJT; these are often low-skilled unemployed or informal workers. Contrary to training-related ALMPs, pre-employment TVET is usually offered within the formal schooling track and tends to be administered by the ministries of education. The book discusses the main justifications for these programs and how they relate to market failures that can lead to underinvestment in training and misalignment between supply and demand for skills. Unfortunately, governments are also prone to failure and many of the programs that countries have adopted today are part of the problem and not the solution. This book proposes options to improve the design and implementation of current skills development systems. Clearly, the authors cannot cover all issues in detail. Training methods among TVET, OJT, and ALMP programs are quite different, ranging from classroom instruction, laboratory research, TVET workshops, and apprenticeship arrangements and internships in firms. All have different challenges and specificities. The report highlights the most important design features of the different programs and points to the main knowledge gaps and areas for future research and analysis. The book is organized into five chapters. Following this overview, chapter two introduces the policy framework that guides the analysis in the book. This framework describes the main market and government failures that require attention and identifies potential interventions to address them. Chapter's three to five then discuss the main challenges facing, respectively, TVET, OJT, and training-related ALMP programs and outlines recommendations to address them. The rest of this overview summarizes the main messages from each of the chapters and in the last section outlines the main knowledge gaps and proposes an agenda for future research and policy analysis. |
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okr-10986-130752021-04-23T14:03:06Z The Right Skills for the Job? Rethinking Training Policies for Workers Almeida, Rita Behrman, Jere Robalino, David Almeida, Rita Behrman, Jere Robalino, David Academic Programs access to training acquisition of knowledge Adolescent Girls adults apprenticeship arrangements bargaining bargaining power basic education Basic Skills bureaucracies business processes business services capital markets classroom classroom instruction classroom learning cognitive skills communication skills competitive bidding competitive labor markets continuous training craftsmen curricula curriculum data collection Data Sources decision-making Development Strategies Displaced Workers Division of Labor early childhood early childhood development early years of life Economic Growth economic sectors Economics educated workers Education for All education institutions Education programs Education Reform Education Sector education system education systems educational activities Educational Development Employment employment opportunities enrollment externalities Financial institutions formal schooling Free Press gender differences Gender discrimination general education general secondary education Girls Global Education high school high unemployment higher levels of education Human Capital Human development imperfect information Income Industrial Training innovation innovations instructional content Insurance interactive skills internships Interventions investments in education Job Training labor costs Labor Economics Labor Force Labor Market labor market indicators Labor Market Policies labor markets labor mobility labor policies Labour leadership Level of Education life skills literacy living standards low levels of education lower secondary education Manpower Manpower policy Market Failures new entrants nongovernmental organizations numeracy Occupational training occupations Pecuniary externalities perfect competition political institutions political process problem solving problem-solving skills production techniques Productivity productivity growth public institutions quality education quality standards resource allocation Retraining schooling schools secondary education secondary school secondary schools skill development skilled labor Skilled Workers Skills Acquisition Skills Development Skills Training social benefits social skills student characteristics student learning student loans Target Populations teachers Teaching Technical Education tertiary education trainees Training centers training costs training courses Training Programs training providers Unemployed Unemployment Unemployment Rates universities unskilled labor Unskilled Workers Vocational education vocational skills Vocational Training vulnerable groups wage subsidies Wages writing skills Young People Youth This book addresses the question of how to build and upgrade job relevant skills. Specifically, the authors focus on three types of training programs relevant for individuals who are leaving formal general schooling or are already in the labor market: pre-employment technical and vocational education and training (TVET); on-the-job training (OJT); and training-related active labor market programs (ALMPs). ALMPs are usually of shorter duration and target individuals who are seeking a second chance and who do not have access to TVET or OJT; these are often low-skilled unemployed or informal workers. Contrary to training-related ALMPs, pre-employment TVET is usually offered within the formal schooling track and tends to be administered by the ministries of education. The book discusses the main justifications for these programs and how they relate to market failures that can lead to underinvestment in training and misalignment between supply and demand for skills. Unfortunately, governments are also prone to failure and many of the programs that countries have adopted today are part of the problem and not the solution. This book proposes options to improve the design and implementation of current skills development systems. Clearly, the authors cannot cover all issues in detail. Training methods among TVET, OJT, and ALMP programs are quite different, ranging from classroom instruction, laboratory research, TVET workshops, and apprenticeship arrangements and internships in firms. All have different challenges and specificities. The report highlights the most important design features of the different programs and points to the main knowledge gaps and areas for future research and analysis. The book is organized into five chapters. Following this overview, chapter two introduces the policy framework that guides the analysis in the book. This framework describes the main market and government failures that require attention and identifies potential interventions to address them. Chapter's three to five then discuss the main challenges facing, respectively, TVET, OJT, and training-related ALMP programs and outlines recommendations to address them. The rest of this overview summarizes the main messages from each of the chapters and in the last section outlines the main knowledge gaps and proposes an agenda for future research and policy analysis. 2013-03-29T17:20:55Z 2013-03-29T17:20:55Z 2012 978-0-8213-8714-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13075 en_US Human Development Perspectives; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research |