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Vocational education and training in Britain and Norway

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Elias, Peter, Hernaes, E. and Baker, M. (1994) Vocational education and training in Britain and Norway. In: Lynch, L., (ed.) Training and the private sector : international comparisons. University of Chicago Press, pp. 283-298. ISBN 9780226498157

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Abstract

How can today's workforce keep pace with an increasingly competitive global economy? As new technologies rapidly transform the workplace, employee requirements are changing and workers must adapt to different working conditions. This volume compares new evidence on the returns from worker training in the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Norway, and the Netherlands.

The authors focus on Germany's widespread, formal apprenticeship programs; the U.S. system of learning-by-doing; Japan's low employee turnover and extensive company training; and Britain's government-led and school-based training schemes. The evidence shows that, overall, training in the workplace is more effective than training in schools. Moreover, even when U.S. firms spend as much on training as other countries do, their employees may still be less skilled than workers in Europe or Japan.

Training and the Private Sector points to training programs in Germany, Japan, and other developed countries as models for creating a workforce in the United States that can compete more successfully in today's economy.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Vocational education, Vocational education -- Great Britain, Vocational education -- Norway, Occupational training, Occupational training -- Great Britain, Occupational training -- Norway
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226498157
Book Title: Training and the private sector : international comparisons
Editor: Lynch, L.
Official Date: 1994
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Number of Pages: 319
Page Range: pp. 283-298
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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