International Journal of Manpower: Volume 43 Issue 7

IJM 43.7 Obituary

Determinants of school to work transition and COVID-19

This is Part 1 of the two special issues on the topic, “School to work transition around the world – the effect of the pandemic recession.” The first part focuses on the…

University to work transition: a literature review

This article aims to describe the role universities should play in student to work transition.

Transition to work, mismatch and underemployment among graduates: an Australian longitudinal study

There are ongoing concerns regarding university degree credentials leading to graduate-level employment. Tracking graduate underemployment is complicated by inconsistent measures…

Improving the school-to-work transition for young people by closing the digital divide: evidence from the EU regions

The paper aims to provide comparative empirical evidence on young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET-youth) under the influence of the digital…

The impact of combining work with study on the labour market performance of graduates: the joint role of work intensity and job-field match

This paper investigates the effects of working during university education on labour market outcomes of university graduates.

The duration of the school-to-work transition in Italy and in other European countries: a flexible baseline hazard interpretation

The Italian school-to-work transition (STWT) is astonishingly slow and long in comparison to the other EU countries. We analyze its determinants comparing the Italian case with…

Sometimes it works: the effect of a reform of the short vocational track on school-to-work transition

The purpose of this paper is to use the two-way fixed effect (TWFE) methodology to estimate the impact of the reform, exploiting its staggered implementation across regions. The…

Returns to formal and informal vocational education and training in India

In the process of school-to-work transition, the role of general education and vocational education and training (VET) remains quite central. Based on the human capital theory, we…

Evaluating hiring incentives: evidence from Italian firms

This paper analyses the effect of a particular Active Labour Market Policy, the hiring incentives, on firms hiring policies. The effects of a programme on firms' behaviour have in…

Youth labor market vulnerabilities: evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and drivers of employment vulnerability among youth in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, and their propensity to transition to…

Drop-out, stop-out or prolong? The effect of COVID-19 on students' choices

The aim of the paper is to identify the causal effect of the COVID-19 induced crisis on students' decisions about their educational plans. The authors hypothesise that students…

Young people between education and the labour market during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

The aim is to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the careers of different groups of young individuals, based on transition probabilities.