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Working and learning: A diversity of patterns

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  • Glenda Quintini

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The combination of work and study has been hailed as crucial to ensure that youth develop the skills required on the labour market so that transitions from school to work are shorter and smoother. This paper fills an important gap in availability of internationally-comparable data. Using the 2012 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), it draws a comprehensive picture of work and study in 23 countries/regions. Crucially, it decomposes the total share of working students by the context in which they work (VET, apprenticeships or private arrangements) and assesses the link between field of study and students’ work. The paper also assesses how the skills of students are used in the workplace compared to other workers and identifies the socio-demographic factors and the labour market institutions that increase the likelihood of work and study. Finally, while it is not possible to examine the relationship between work and study and future labour market outcomes at the individual level, some aggregate correlations are unveiled. La plupart des études sur le chômage des jeunes attribuent une importance clé au cumul emploi/études pour raccourcir et améliorer les transitions de l’école à l’emploi et cela sur la base du fait qu’il permet aux jeunes d’acquérir les compétences demandées sur le marché du travail. Ce papier remplit le manque de données comparables à niveau international sur ce sujet. Grâce à l’Enquête sur les Compétences des Adultes (PIAAC), il permet d’évaluer l’étendue du cumul emploi/études dans 23 pays ou régions. Plus particulièrement, il permet d’identifier ces composantes principales (la formation professionnelle en alternance, l’apprentissage ou le travail des étudiants en dehors de ces programmes) et d’évaluer le lien entre le domaine d’étude et la nature du travail étudiant. Le papier étudie aussi comment les compétences des étudiants travailleurs sont utilisées aux seins des entreprises par rapport à celles des autres travailleurs et identifie les caractéristiques sociodémographiques ainsi que les institutions du marché du travail qui sont associées avec une probabilité accrue de cumul emploi/études. Pour finir, même s’il n’est pas possible d’examiner la relation entre le statut en termes de cumul emploi/études de chaque individu et sa réussite sur le marché du travail une fois les études terminées, le papier décèle quelques relations agrégées entre l’incidence du cumul emploi/études et le taux de chômage des jeunes sortis du système scolaire

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  • Glenda Quintini, 2015. "Working and learning: A diversity of patterns," OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 169, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:elsaab:169-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jrw4bz6hl43-en
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    1. Tom Delreux & Frauke Pipart, 2021. "Ego versus Alter: Internal and External Perceptions of the EU's Role in Global Environmental Negotiations," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(5), pages 1284-1302, September.
    2. Sara Flisi, 2020. "Building up evidence on Work-Based Learning in VET - A reflection on sources for possible indicators or benchmarks on WBL," JRC Research Reports JRC118196, Joint Research Centre.

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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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