TY - JOUR

T1 - Matching the demand for and supply of training in the school-to-work transition

AU - Andrews, M J

AU - Bradley, S

AU - Stott, D

PY - 2002/3

Y1 - 2002/3

N2 - This empirical paper investigates skill formation in the youth labour market. Using event-history data collected from the administrative records of Lancashire Careers Service, we model `training preferences' formed at school by young people and `training destinations', ie the occupation of the first job/training scheme. We also model the duration of the individual's first unemployment spell. Competing risks models with flexible piece-wise linear baseline hazards and unobserved heterogeneity are estimated. There is evidence of occupational segregation by gender and an excess demand for general training. Outcomes are mainly determined by examination performance, ethnicity and whether disadvantaged.

AB - This empirical paper investigates skill formation in the youth labour market. Using event-history data collected from the administrative records of Lancashire Careers Service, we model `training preferences' formed at school by young people and `training destinations', ie the occupation of the first job/training scheme. We also model the duration of the individual's first unemployment spell. Competing risks models with flexible piece-wise linear baseline hazards and unobserved heterogeneity are estimated. There is evidence of occupational segregation by gender and an excess demand for general training. Outcomes are mainly determined by examination performance, ethnicity and whether disadvantaged.

U2 - 10.1111/1468-0297.00032

DO - 10.1111/1468-0297.00032

M3 - Journal article

VL - 112

SP - c201-c219

JO - Economic Journal

JF - Economic Journal

SN - 0013-0133

IS - 478

ER -