IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/kof/wpskof/18-441.html

Getting there from here: A literature review of VET reform implementation

Author

Abstract

Despite huge incidence of vocational education and training (VET) reforms, we know more about good VET systems than how to implement them. In this review, we develop a determinant framework for VET implementation that combines theories and frameworks related to policy and general education reform, plus VET theory and the few existing VET implementation frameworks. We review 1,835 sources on VET reform implementation and code 177 for 1,538 framework-item mentions. Key success factors are employer, intermediary, and educator involvement; human, financial, and research resources; cooperation and coordination; clear strategy with political will and context fit; and accountability. There is a bias towards Europe, though it does not drive results. The sample equally represents developed and developing countries. Future research should test our framework, examine item interactions, and develop theory. VET reform implementation is distinct from general education reform implementation, and its evidence base is bigger than expected but less systematic than it should be.

Suggested Citation

  • Katherine Caves & Severin Baumann, 2018. "Getting there from here: A literature review of VET reform implementation," KOF Working papers 18-441, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich.
    • Handle: RePEc:kof:wpskof:18-441
    DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000257741
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000257741
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.3929/ethz-b-000257741?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. N/A, 2005. "The World Economy," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 191(1), pages 8-30, January.
    2. Werner Eichhorst & Núria Rodríguez-Planas & Ricarda Schmidl & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2015. "A Road Map to Vocational Education and Training in Industrialized Countries," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 68(2), pages 314-337, March.
    3. Thomas Bolli & Maria Esther Oswald‐Egg & Ladina Rageth, 2021. "Meet the need – the role of vocational education and training for the youth labour market," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(3), pages 321-348, August.
    4. Duch, Henriette & Andreasen, Karen E., 2015. "Reforming Vocational Didactics by Implementing a New VET Teacher Education in Denmark: Tensions and Challenges Reflected in Interviews with Vocational College Teachers," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 2(3 (Specia), pages 195-213.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Maxime Fajeau, 2020. "The Adverse Effect of Finance on Growth," Working Papers hal-02549422, HAL.
    2. Festus Ebo Turkson, 2012. "Trade Agreements and Bilateral Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimating the Trade Effects of the EU-ACP PTA and RTAs," Discussion Papers 12/07, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
    3. Esther Mirjam Girsberger & Miriam Rinawi & Matthias Krapf, 2018. "Wages and Employment: The Role of Occupational Skills," CESifo Working Paper Series 7114, CESifo.
    4. Cristian Spiridon, 2012. "Trade Liberalisation In Europe And The Rest Of The World," CES Working Papers, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 4(3), pages 407-418, September.
    5. Violetta Luzie Neusuess, 2020. "An Investigation of the Factors Influencing UAE Nationals to undertake Technical and Vocational Education," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 9(1), pages 95-113, July.
    6. Brenton, Paul & Hoppe, Mombert & Newfarmer, Richard, 2008. "Economic partnership agreements and the export competitiveness of Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4627, The World Bank.
    7. Denis Anne & Julie Le Gallo & Yannick L’Horty, 2020. "Faciliter la mobilité quotidienne des jeunes éloignés de l’emploi : une évaluation expérimentale," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 130(4), pages 519-544.
    8. Ferdi Kesikoğlu & Ali İhsan Balcı & Ersin Eraslan, 2025. "Determination of the Convergence of Turkey and European Union Countries in Terms of Youth Labor Indicators by Cluster Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-25, August.
    9. Enrique Alberola & José María Serena, 2007. "Global financial integration, monetary policy and reserve accumulation. Assessing the limits in emerging economies," Working Papers 0706, Banco de España.
    10. Hasmanezan Hassan & Najihah Marha Yaacob, 2019. "Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Intellectual Capital Efficiency: Evidence from Malaysia," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(1), pages 83-95, January.
    11. A. Fiszbein & C. Cosentino & B. Cumsille, "undated". "The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America: Diagnosing the Problems and Identifying Public Policy Solutions," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 6e445252b5614db2be1d4bc3f, Mathematica Policy Research.
    12. FitzRoy, Felix & Jin, Jim, 2021. "Some Welfare Economics of Working Time," IZA Discussion Papers 14810, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    13. Haydar Akyazi & Seyfettin Artan, 2006. "Reflections of the New Economy on the Monetary Policy and Central Banking," Papers of the Annual IUE-SUNY Cortland Conference in Economics, in: Oguz Esen & Ayla Ogus (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference on Human and Economic Resources, pages 373-387, Izmir University of Economics.
    14. Leslie S. Stratton & Nabanita Datta Gupta & David Reimer & Anders Holm, 2017. "Modeling Enrollment in and Completion of Vocational Education: The Role of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills by Program Type," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20172, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
    15. Eichhorst, Werner & Rinne, Ulf, 2016. "Promoting Youth Employment in Europe: Evidence-based Policy Lessons," IZA Policy Papers 119, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    16. Domenica Tropeano, 2006. "Money and distribution: can the theory explain recent empirical trends?," Working Papers 31-2006, Macerata University, Department of Finance and Economic Sciences, revised Oct 2008.
    17. Pontus af Buren & Jurg Schweri, 2024. "Firms' training processes and their apprentices' education success," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0225, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).
    18. James B. Davies & Stanley L. Winer, 2011. "Closing the 49th Parallel: An Unexplored Episode in Canadian Economic and Political History," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 37(3), pages 307-341, September.
    19. Hélène Maisonnave & Bernard Decaluwe & Margaret Chitiga, 2016. "Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? A CGE Analysis," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(3), pages 212-227, September.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:kof:wpskof:18-441. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/koethch.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.