Productivity, Education and Training: Facts and Policies in International Perspective: 48 (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Occasional Papers, Series Number 48) - Softcover

Prais, S. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521556678 ISBN 13: 9780521556675

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

138p green paperback, fine condition, as new, tables index

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Book Description:

This book offers the first comprehensive account of ten years of research into the problem of the training, employment and productivity of low-skilled personnel in advanced economies. It explains why government policies need to move even further than they have done so far, and in which directions these policies must next move.

Synopsis:

The continuing development of automated production methods, combined with increasing competition from low-wage developing economies, is likely to reduce yet further the scope for the employment of low-skilled and inexperienced personnel in advanced economies. Higher standards of schooling and of vocational training are now widely recognised as essential. Based on visits by expert teams over the last ten years to matched samples of manufacturing plants, as well as to schools and vocational colleges in Britain and the European Continent, this book provides a realistic analysis of what needs to be done. The emphasis is on the need to expand, not the proportion of the workforce with university qualifications, but those with craft and vocational qualifications. The findings of this research have been influential in the development of government policies, and the author explains why these policies need to move even further, and in which directions they must next move.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521556678
• ISBN 13: 9780521556675
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156