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Employability and Earnings Returns to Qualifications in Scotland

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  • Anne Gasteen
  • John Houston

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Gasteen A. and Houston J. (2007) Employability and earnings returns to qualifications in Scotland, Regional Studies 41, 443-451. Scottish Social Inclusion and Lifelong Learning policies emphasize the need for individuals to become qualified through the acquisition of formal qualifications. Although education policy in Scotland is a devolved activity, there has been little investigation of the earnings and employment returns in the labour market. This paper examines the earnings and employability performance of qualifications using Labour Force Survey data from 1999-2003. School-leaving qualifications offer a greater chance of employment and attract significantly superior earnings' premia than intermediate-school and lower-level Further Education qualifications. There is also evidence that individuals who had followed a standard educational route to higher level qualifications may enjoy extra earnings' premia. Gasteen A. et Houston J. (2007) L'employabilite et le rendement des diplomes en Ecosse, Regional Studies 41, 443-451. En Ecosse, les politiques envers l'inclusion sociale et l'apprentissage a vie mettent l'accent sur l'importance d'etre diplome. Bien qu'en Ecosse la politique d'education soit regionalisee, rares sont les recherches sur son rendement dans le marche du travail en termes du revenu et de l'emploi. A partir des donnees provenant de la Labour Force Survey (enquete sur l'emploi), 1999-2003, cet article cherche a examiner les effets revenu et emploi des diplomes. Les diplomes de fin de scolarite fournissent une meilleure possibilite d'emploi et entrainent un dividende de revenu nettement superieur que ne le font les diplomes de niveaux moyen ou inferieur dans l'enseignement professionnel. Il s'est avere aussi que les individus qui ont suivi une voie traditionnelle aux diplomes de niveau superieur pourraient jouir d'un dividende de revenu supplementaire. Rendement de l'education Diplomes Revenu Employabilite, Ecosse Gasteen A. und Houston J. (2007) Auswirkung von Qualifikationen auf Beschaftigungsfahigkeit und Einkommen in Schottland, Regional Studies 41, 443-451. Mit den Politiken fur gesellschaftliche Eingliederung und lebenslanges Lernen in Schottland wird die Notwendigkeit betont, dass sich die betroffenen Personen durch Erlangung formeller Qualifikationen qualifizieren. Seit der Dezentralisierung ist Schottland fur die Bildungspolitik zustandig, doch die Auswirkungen auf Einkommen und Beschaftigung im Arbeitsmarkt wurden bisher nur wenig untersucht. In diesem Beitrag werden die Auswirkungen von Qualifikationen auf Einkommen und Beschaftigungsfahigkeit anhand der Daten des Labour Force Survey von 1999 bis 2003 untersucht. Schulabschlusse auf hohem Niveau steigern die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Beschaftigung und fuhren zu signifikant hoheren Einkommenspramien als Schulabschlusse auf mittlerem Niveau oder niedrigere Abschlusse im Rahmen des zweiten Bildungsweges. Ebenso weist einiges darauf hin, dass Personen, die eine hohere Qualifikation auf dem ublichen Bildungsweg erworben haben, von zusatzlichen Einkommenspramien profitieren konnen. Auswirkungen von Bildung Qualifikation Einkommen Beschaftigungsfahigkeit Schottland Gasteen A. y Houston J. (2007) Beneficios de la educacion en Escocia para la capacidad de empleo y los ingresos, Regional Studies 41, 443-451. Con las politicas de inclusion social en Escocia y el aprendizaje durante toda la vida, se recalca la importancia de estar cualificados mediante la obtencion de diplomas formales. Aunque la politica educativa en Escocia es una competencia transferida, se han estudiado poco los beneficios para los ingresos y el empleo en el mercado laboral. En este ensayo examinamos los efectos de las calificaciones en funcion de las ganancias y el rendimiento de empleo segun los datos obtenidos en una Encuesta de Poblacion Activa de 1999-2003. Los titulos academicos representan una mayor opcion de empleo y atraen mas posibilidades de ingresos que los titulos de estudios medios o titulos inferiores de educacion secundaria. Tambien hay pruebas que demuestran que los estudiantes que siguen una via educativa estandar hasta obtener una titulacion superior reciben mas ingresos. Rendimiento de la educacion Titulaciones Ingresos Capacidad de empleo Escocia

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  • Anne Gasteen & John Houston, 2007. "Employability and Earnings Returns to Qualifications in Scotland," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(4), pages 443-452.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:41:y:2007:i:4:p:443-452
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400701281832
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