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Graduates and Graduate Labour Markets in the UK and Italy

In: Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe

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  • Gianna Boero
  • Abigail McKnight
  • Robin Naylor
  • Jeremy Smith

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Education, and not least higher education, has been at the forefront of public policy discussion and government policy making in the UK in recent years. A large number of educational reforms have already been implemented and others are pending. Similarly, in Italy significant reform packages have been proposed. In the context of the ongoing higher education debates in these two countries, this chapter addresses a number of empirical questions pertaining to the UK and Italy. When relevant to policy discussions, and when the data permit, we draw conclusions about similarities and differences between the two cases.

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  • Gianna Boero & Abigail McKnight & Robin Naylor & Jeremy Smith, 2004. "Graduates and Graduate Labour Markets in the UK and Italy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora (ed.), Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe, chapter 6, pages 129-165, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52265-7_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230522657_6
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    Keywords

    Labour Market; Labour Market Outcome; Parental Home; League Table; Independent School;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets

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