Information in the labour market : job-worker matching and its implications for education in Ontario / / James B. Davies, Glenn M. MacDonald
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| Autore: |
Davies James B. <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Information in the labour market : job-worker matching and its implications for education in Ontario / / James B. Davies, Glenn M. MacDonald
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto ; ; Buffalo : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1984 |
| ©1984 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 379.1540971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education and state - Canada |
| Business and education - Canada | |
| Manpower policy - Canada | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MacDonaldGlenn M. <1952-> |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; I: Introduction; II: Overview; 2 Earlier models of education: human capital and signalling; I: Introduction; II: Human capital; III: Signalling; IV: Human capital, signalling, or information?; 3 The informational model of schooling and job-worker matching; I: Introduction; II: Simplifying assumptions; III: Skills, jobs, and wage offers; IV: Information and the return to its accumulation; V: The costs of information accumulation; VI: Optimal investment in information quality; VII: Theoretical predictions; VIII: Summary and conclusion. |
| 4 Education and training policy: basic guidelines; I: Introduction; II: Alternative rationales for government intervention; Ill: Effects of government intervention; IV: Guidelines for government intervention; V: Conclusion; 5 Education and training in Canada: recent trends and the current situation; I: Introduction; II: The nature of education and training in Canada; III: Enrolments and expenditures -- recent trends; IV: Recent trends in post-secondary education -- explanations; V: Future trends in post-secondary enrolments; VI: Conclusion; 6 Education and training in Canada: current issues. | |
| I: Introduction; II: The current debate; III: Our reaction to the current debate; IV: Conclusion; 7 Policy conclusions; I: Introduction; II: Analysis of recent enrolment trends; III: Basic policy guidelines; IV: Specific policy recommendations; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This study uses a simple model of information gathering to generate policy recommendations concerning education in Ontario, especially at the post-secondary level. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Information in the labor market |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Information in the labour market |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-3805-2 |
| 1-4426-5352-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798885003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ontario Economic Council research studies ; ; 29.