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The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices

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  • Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer

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  • Aleksandra Zhivkovikj
  • Roger Smyth

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Governments recognise that careers guidance, underpinned by accurate labour market information, can help learners make post-secondary education choices that match their interests, aptitudes and abilities, and lead to rewarding employment. For this reason, they have invested in building linked education/employment information systems and other information resources which are displayed on websites targeted to learners and their families. However, researchers and governments agree that these efforts are often ineffective in informing learners’ decisions – access to information is not sufficient to provide effective support to student choice. Drawing upon the insights of behavioural economics, this paper examines how learners access and use information, and what this implies for the design of public study and career choice websites that aim to effectively support student choice. The report also takes stock of the career guidance websites in use in the majority of OECD countries, and sets out to provide actionable advice for policy makers to guide the design of effective information policy levers that support student choice.

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  • Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer & Aleksandra Zhivkovikj & Roger Smyth, 2020. "The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices," OECD Education Working Papers 229, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:229-en
    DOI: 10.1787/59bbac06-en
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