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There has been much interest in the notion of vocational competencies of late. The pressing question, however, is how to measure vocational competencies. In order to contribute to this ‘how’, the results of th...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2015 7:1
Using a unique, longitudinal survey that follows school-to-work transitions of pupils who participated in PISA 2000, this paper investigates adverse consequences, so-called scarring effects, of early unemploym...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:12
The purpose of this survey was to relate completion rate and results on national clinical final examinations to student’s admission background and examination results for nursing and medical courses.
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:11
Using a sample about company hiring behaviour from the BIBB Establishment Panel on Training and Competence Development 2011, this paper analyses the hiring decisions of German establishments. Companies essenti...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:9
Recent developments in policy concerned with raising achievement in schools have given rise to work-based learning as a mechanism for dealing with disaffection. Alongside this redress is the potential for prom...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:10
This study investigates the determinants of career change for individuals who change their job to become a teacher in vocational education and training (VET) as a second career. The question of what motivates ...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:8
A hypothetical descriptive behavioral model extending the theory of planned behavior (TPB) was examined for subjective perceived control beliefs as antecedents of the apprenticeship orientation for vocational-...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:7
Switzerland is host to many international companies, and a large share of Swiss firms is exporting goods and services abroad. While the vocational education and training (VET) system in Switzerland has a long ...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:5
In the German dual system of vocational education and training, the question arises of whether and how enterprises react to demographic changes by adjusting their supply of training places.
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:4
Spatial skills are crucial for carpentry and are a major learning objective in the initial vocational training of carpenter apprentices. Carpenters specifically need to develop the capability to switch between...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:3
Vocational learning comprises more than factual knowledge and procedures; the development of a vocational identity is a key aspect and outcome of vocational education provisions and assumed to play an integral...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:6
‘Non-excludability’ of skills is suspected to give rise to poaching externalities and cause under-investment in training. To substantiate this hypothesis, the paper at hand investigates the relationship betwee...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:1
In many OECD countries an apparent connection is shown between education, the local economy and the local labor market. This connection seems to be stronger and more radical in Sweden, than in other similar co...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2014 6:2
The world is facing a worsening youth employment crisis. In response, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is back on the development agenda after years of neglect. This systematic review exa...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2013 5:3
Both fostering and measuring action competence remain central targets of vocational education and training research; adequate measurement approaches clearly are prerequisites for international, large-scale ass...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2013 5:2
The number of registered apprentices in Canada more than doubled between 1995 and 2007, yet successful completion of apprenticeship programs increased by only about one-third as much. Uncovering the factors re...
Citation: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 2013 5:1
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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training is an initiative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) (Bern, Switzerland), in collaboration with the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BiBB). The publication costs for the journal are covered by the Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SCCRE), so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.
