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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Almeida, Rita, Behrman, Jere, Robalino, David
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13075