Thomas Bolli


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Bolli

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Thomas

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0000-0002-7317-6862

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  • The impact of institutional student support on graduation rates in US Ph.D. programmes
    Item type: Journal Article
    Bolli, Thomas; Agasisti, Tommaso; Johnes, Geraint (2015)
    Education Economics
  • INNO Policy TrendChart - Innovation Policy Progress Report Switzerland 2009
    Item type: Report
    Arvanitis, Spyros; Wörter, Martin; Bolli, Thomas (2009)
  • Meet the need - the role of vocational education and training for the youth labour market
    Item type: Journal Article
    Bolli, Thomas; Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther; Rageth, Ladina (2021)
    Kyklos
    To combat negative trends in the youth labour market, policymakers around the world support vocational education and training (VET) programmes. This paper investigates how enrolment rates in upper-secondary education programmes - general education, school-based VET and dual VET - affect ten youth labour market indicators on integration and job quality. We run first-difference generalized method of moments regressions on panel data of 36 countries for 2004 through 2014. We complement the existing literature by dealing with unobserved heterogeneity across time and reverse causality and by analysing non-linear effects that might arise due to general equilibrium effects. Our findings show that school-based VET and dual VET have different effects: school-based VET's effect on the labour market depends on the outcome indicator and country, whereas dual VET overall improves both labour market integration and job quality. Depending on the labour market indicator, we find evidence for both linear and non-linear effects. In educational reforms, policymakers should therefore consider the non-linear and heterogeneous effects of VET.
  • Gewichtung und Repräsentativität der Ergebnisse
    Item type: Other Publication
    Bolli, Thomas; Caves, Katherine Marie; Pusterla, Filippo; et al. (2020)
    LehrstellenPuls – Faktenblatt
  • Evaluation des Rahmenlehrplans für den Bildungsgang «dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in HF», Bericht zur zweiten Befragungswelle 2015
    Item type: Report
    Renold, Ursula; Bolli, Thomas; Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther; et al. (2016)
    KOF Studies
    Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob der Rahmenlehrplan des Bildungsgangs «dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in Höhere Fachschule» an den Höheren Fachschulen für Wirtschaft (RLP HFW) den Anforderungen der Studierenden und Arbeitgebern gerecht wird. Dabei sollen Schwachstellen identifiziert werden, die auf Verbesserungspotential im Rahmen einer Revision des RLP HFW hinweisen.
  • Formazione professionale di base Creazione d’abbigliamento
    Item type: Report
    Au Yong Lyn, Audrey; Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina; et al. (2023)
    CES Studies
    Nel settore tessile e della moda il mercato cambia ed evolve in modo sempre più dinamico. Tale trasformazione è catalizzata da diversi fattori economici, tra cui l’individualizzazione, la digitalizzazione, la sostenibilità e la regionalizzazione. Questa evoluzione rappresenta una sfida anche per le formazioni professionali di base nel settore della creazione d’abbigliamento. In tale contesto, si pone una domanda di fondo, vale a dire quali siano le possibilità di sviluppo di chi termina la formazione professionale di base in questo settore e quale sia il potenziale delle competenze acquisite sul mercato del tessile e della moda. Gli studi effettuati dalla Cattedra de Sistemi educativi dell’ETHZ forniscono al riguardo un quadro completo e dettagliato della situazione. Dagli studi condotti emerge che le formazioni professionali di base offerte nel setto - re della creazione d’abbigliamento trasmettono il bagaglio di competenze necessario per poter evolvere in un mercato del lavoro dinamico.
  • Résumé élargi du rapport « Évaluations des organisations du monde du travail et des prestataires de formation relatives à l’EPS conduite de travaux à l’automne 2024 »
    Item type: Other Publication
    Renold, Ursula; Bolli, Thomas; Dändliker, Lena (2025)
    Nous, à la Chaire de Systèmes Éducatifs de l'ETH Zurich, étudions le déroulement de la transformation de la formation professionnelle supérieure dans la conduite de travaux, passant d'un d'un diplôme d'une école supérieure à un examen professionnel supérieur fédéral (EPS), sur le mandat de la Société Suisse des Entrepreneurs. Le premier examen fédéral aura lieu en avril 2026. Depuis 2023, nous menons régulièrement des enquêtes en ligne avec les acteurs impliqués – la dernière enquête de l'automne 2024 a été menée à nouveau avec les organisations du monde du travail et les prestataires de formation. Les résultats de notre troisième rapport montrent que la transformation progresse avec succès – en particulier, les ressources des prestataires de formation se sont améliorées entre 2023 et 2024. De plus, les prestataires de formation sont toujours satisfaits de la quantité et de la qualité des candidatures. Il est également positif que tous les acteurs – organisations du monde du travail, prestataires de formation et employeurs – s'accordent à dire que tant l'institution éducative que le lieu de travail sont essentiels pour l'acquisition des compétences des candidat·e·s à l'EPS. Cependant, des défis demeurent : la transformation représente un grand changement pour les prestataires de formation. De plus, la planification et l'élaboration des cours préparatoires EPS restent un défi – en particulier la préparation aux épreuves écrites de l'examen. D'autres incertitudes existent concernant les conditions d'admission à l'examen fédéral, ce qui conduit parfois au rejet des candidatures.
  • Wo gibt es Potenzial für den zweiten Arbeitsmarkt?
    Item type: Other Publication
    Bolli, Thomas; Weiss, Lukas; Merz, Daniela (2024)
    SEL Webinar
  • Complementarities among Education Types in Determining Firms’ Productivity
    Item type: Conference Poster
    Pusterla, Filippo; Bolli, Thomas (2018)
  • How Working from Home Affects Job Satisfaction: Shedding Light on the Mechanisms*
    Item type: Working Paper
    Bolli, Thomas; Pusterla, Filippo (2024)
    CES Working Paper Series
    As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of people began working from home, and this form of work will remain important. However, there is no consensus how working from home a ects workers' job satisfaction. This paper provides novel insights into the mechanisms through which working from home a ects job satisfaction. We use data from an online survey of part-time students and graduates of professional colleges in Switzerland in 2021. We nd that working from home increases job satisfaction on average. We investigate the relative importance of ve mechanisms. We nd that the positive association between working from home and job satisfaction is mainly due to increasing productivity and making work more interesting. In contrast, our ndings indicate that the worse work-life balance resulting from working from home and more di cult interactions with coworkers and supervisors have a negative e ect on job satisfaction. Working from home has a smaller e ect on job satisfaction for employees whose intensity of working from home remains the same as before the pandemic. This di erence mainly stems from diminished productivity and interestingness of work mechanisms. At the same time, we nd hints that the negative mechanisms of worsening work-life balance may also diminish in the long run
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