R.K.W. van der Velden

When do skills become obsolete, and when does it matter?

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Alternative routes from vocational education to the labour market

ABSTRACT This article addresses the labour market effects of two rather different forms of vocational education, full‐time education with practice periods that have no employment status versus dualized education with an emphasis on continuous on‐the‐job/in‐service training and employee status for the apprentice. Although most developed countries know both forms of vocational education, these usually have clearly different positions in a qualitative (standardization of curricula and degrees) and a quantitative (cohort shares) sense. The Netherlands present an interesting case, because in this country both systems coexist and contribute largely to the vocational training of each new generation. That provides a good opportunity for investigating differences in the labour market effects of these ‘treatments’ in vocational education. In this article, differences in labour market careers (i.e. the chances of getting promoted or getting unemployed) between graduates from full‐time vocational education and from t...

Competencies, Higher Education and Career in Japan and the Netherlands

This book investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. Despite their different historical paths, both countries are now subject to the common pressure of globalisation. As a result, the higher education sector in both countries is becoming more universal and available to a larger population, and the economy and society are becoming increasingly knowledge-intensive. The aim of this book is to explore how Dutch and Japanese graduates choose and develop their careers in reference to the above-mentioned challenges. It is based on a unique data set consisting of surveys held among graduates three and eight years after leaving higher education. Chapters include: Policies on the transition from higher education to employment since the 1990s / Naoyuki Ogata, Egbert de Weert and Keiichi Yoshimoto; Competencies acquired at university and required in the workplace / Naoyuki Ogata; University and college differences in the returns to education in Japan and the Netherlands / Rolf van der Velden, Peet van de Loo and Christoph Meng; University education and its relevance to working life: selection, education and career effects / Keiichi Yoshimoto and Hiroshi Yamada; On the use and generation of knowledge economy competencies / Paul Ghijsen and Christoph Meng; Influence of diversified employment on the initial career of higher education graduates / Reiko Kosugi; Career and mobility in Japan and the Netherlands: a comparative study of early-career patterns of recently graduated employees / Peter Muhlau; Japanese and Dutch graduates’ work orientations and job satisfaction / Sendy Farag and Jim Allen; Individualism and collectivism: the differential impact of job competencies and characteristics on wages and employee well-being in Japan and the Netherlands / Christophe Boone, Christoph Meng and Rolf van der Velden; Does higher education provide opportunities for career development of men and women? / Yuki Inenaga; The relationships between higher education and employment in Japan and the Netherlands: a view from outside / Ulrich Teichler.

How Do Education, Cognitive Skills, Cultural and Social Capital Account for Intergenerational Earnings Persistence? Evidence from the Netherlands

This study analyzes four different transmission mechanisms, through which father’s earnings affect son’s earnings: the educational attainment, cognitive skills, the cultural capital of the family and the social capital in the neighborhood. Using a unique data set that combines panel data from a birth cohort with earnings data from a large nationwide income survey and national tax files, our findings show that cognitive skills and schooling of the son account for 50% of the father-son earnings elasticity. Education by far accounts for the largest part, while cognitive skills mainly work indirectly through educational attainment. Social capital of the neighborhood and cultural capital of the parents account for an additional 6% of the intergeneration income persistence. From these two additional mechanisms, social capital appears to play a stronger role than the cultural capital of the parents. This means that 44% of the intergenerational persistence is due to other unobserved characteristics for example personality traits or spillover effects of family assets.

University and college differences in the returns to education in japan and the netherlands

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