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Is Technological Change Really Skills-Biased? Firm-level Evidence of the Complementarities between ICT and Workers’ Education
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Valuable experience: How internships affect university graduates’ income
(2019)KOF Working PapersThis paper analyzes whether and how attending an internship during tertiary education affects income. We address endogeneity with an IV approach that exploits information regarding whether the internship was a mandatory component of the study. We further address selection into programs with mandatory internship by using the share of mandatory internships at the closest university, exploiting the low mobility of Swiss students. The results ...Working Paper -
First Report on the Dual Vet-Apprenticeship Programme in Nepal: Formative Assessment of the First Cohort
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Fünfter Bericht zur Evaluation des Rahmenlehrplans für den Bildungsgang «dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in HF»
(2019)KOF StudiesDie vorliegende Studie besteht aus drei Teilen. Der erste Teil untersucht, ob der Rahmenlehrplan des Bildungsgangs «dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in Höhere Fachschule» für Wirtschaft (RLP HFW) den Anforderungen von Studierenden und Arbeitgebern gerecht wird, oder ob die Aktualität des RLP HFW seit 2014 abgenommen hat. Der zweite Teil präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer Befragung ehemaliger Studierender, um herauszufinden, inwiefern sich die ...Report -
Has the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal changed between 1995 and 2014?
(2019)KOF Working PapersThis paper analyses the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal. The analysis of several individual-level surveys between 1995 and 2014 shows that completed tertiary education increases the probability to be wage-employed in the non- agricultural sector, while primary and secondary education has little relationship With wage- employment. However, primary, secondary and tertiary education all ...Working Paper -
The Social Status of Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland
(2019)KOF Working PapersThis paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over time and how it differs across population groups. The applied measure for the social status of VET compares the cognitive abilities (measured by PISA scores) of prospective students in a VET programme to those in an academic baccalaureate programme. The results suggest that the social status of VET has remained constant ...Working Paper