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The Labour-market Position of University Education and Higher Vocational Education in Economics and Business Administration: a comparsion

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  • Hans Heijke
  • Mieke Koeslag

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In this paper, we will compare the labour-market position of graduates from two types of higher education in the Netherland; higher vocational education in Economics and Business Administration, on the one hand, and Business Administration, on the other. We will do this in the ligth of different labour-market theories. According to the offical views, the differences between university education and higher vocational education are certainly not primarly caused by differences in level, but rather by differences in educational objectives. The results of the study carried out with respest to the labour-market position of graduates from these two types of economic studies, however, show that the university study generates more human capital than the higher-vocational study. With regard to the theoretical setting chosen, these results arer the most in line with the human-capital theory and the job-matching thoery.

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  • Hans Heijke & Mieke Koeslag, 1999. "The Labour-market Position of University Education and Higher Vocational Education in Economics and Business Administration: a comparsion," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(3), pages 259-276.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:7:y:1999:i:3:p:259-276
    DOI: 10.1080/09645299900000022
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    1. Hans Heijke & Ger Ramaekers & Catherine Ris, 2005. "Do Business Administration Studies Offer Better Preparation for Supervisory Positions than Traditional Economics Studies?," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 315-329.
    2. Heijke, J.A.M. & Ramaekers, G.W.M. & Ris, C.J., 2002. "Do business administration studies offer better preparation for supervisory jobs than traditional economics studies?," ROA Research Memorandum 2E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    3. Viktor Venhorst & Jouke Van Dijk & Leo Van Wissen, 2010. "Do The Best Graduates Leave The Peripheral Areas Of The Netherlands?," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(5), pages 521-537, December.
    4. Biesma, R.G. & Pavlova, M. & van Merode, G.G. & Groot, W., 2007. "Using conjoint analysis to estimate employers preferences for key competencies of master level Dutch graduates entering the public health field," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 375-386, June.
    5. Heijke Hans & Ramaekers Ger & Ris Catherine, 2002. "Do business administration studies offer better preparation for supervisory jobs than traditional economics studies?," ROA Research Memorandum 002, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).

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