School To Work Transitions

Project

Encouraging Workforce Development in the Gulf States — Nov 1, 2012

As Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama seek to expand their economies, employers will require highly literate workers with advanced technical skills. RAND has conducted extensive research on K-12, college, and vocational education in the United States and overseas, as well as the role of education in workforce development.

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Past Event

RAND Participates in Building Future Education MENA 2011 Conference — Oct 25, 2011

RAND Corporation is a knowledge partner of an international conference in Abu Dhabi, which focuses on educational approaches for building a proficient workforce in the Middle East and North Africa. Lynn Karoly, senior economist and director of the Office of Research Quality Assurance at RAND, will discuss human capital challenges in the 21st century.

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Journal Article

Job Opportunities, Economic Resources, and the Postsecondary Destinations of American Youth — Aug 1, 2009

Using two measures of job opportunities—local unemployment rates and the percentage of local workers employed in jobs that require a bachelor's degree—I find support for the warehouse hypothesis. In areas where unemployment is low, with ample jobs that do not require a bachelor's degree, youth have higher odds of entering the labor force.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

Journal Article

The Future at Work: Labor-Market Realities and the Transition to Adulthood — Jan 1, 2009

Young people making the transition from school to work in the twenty-first century in the United States and other developed economies can be expected to face a very different world of work than their parents' generation.

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• Law and Business Research Area

News Release

Broadening Qatari Post-Secondary Education Offerings Would Help Meet Future Employment Needs — Feb 12, 2008

Education and employment preferences in Qatar are not well aligned with the demands of the Persian Gulf state's labor market, and existing post-secondary educational offerings do not meet all of the nation's needs.

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Journal Article

Does Participation in a School-To-Career Program Limit Educational and Career Opportunities? — Apr 1, 2002

School-to-career (STC) programs have frequently been criticized for steering participants into a one-track career path and narrowing their scope of educational possibilities.

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• Education and the Arts Research Area

Journal Article

School-to-work Transitions in the United States: How Immigrants and Natives Differ — Jan 1, 1998

This research analyzes whether and how immigrant and native high school graduates who are leaving school without college degrees and entering the workforce differ during their school-to-work transitions.

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• Education and the Arts Research Area

Journal Article

Shared Inquiry: Learning How to Really Succeed in Business — Jan 1, 1996

Preparing today's students to become productive and successful members of tomorrow's workforce is a significant undertaking.

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• Law and Business Research Area

Journal Article

The Transition to Stable Employment: The Experience of U.S. Youth in Their Early Labor Market Career — Jan 1, 1995

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People

Robert Bozick

Sociologist; Faculty Affiliate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in sociology, University of Maryland-College Park; B.A. in sociology, Ohio University

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People

Sung-Bou Kim

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, KDI School of Public Policy & Management; B.A. in international studies, Korea University

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