ABSTRACT

Education determines life chances across the globe, but human capital and skill formation offer context-specific advantages in the labour market during the transition from school to work. Our study focuses specifically on the varying effects of low skill on youth ‘not in employment, education or training’ (NEET) statuses via educational attainments. Using Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data, we estimate the extent to which country-specific relative low skill levels affect young people’s probability of reporting long-term NEET statuses across contexts. We find that low skill and education have differing effects on the probabilities of reporting NEET statuses cross-nationally. We also conduct mediation analyses to examine to what extent the negative signalling effects of low education explain the impacts of skill disadvantages on NEET statuses. We find that the indirect effect of low skill through education is particularly important in countries with vocationally oriented education systems.

摘要

教育决定了全球的生活机会，但人力资本和技能形成在从学校到工作的过渡期间为劳动力市场提供了特定背景的优势。我们的研究特别关注低技能通过教育成就对青年“未就业、未接受教育或培训”(NEET) 状态的不同影响。使用国际成人能力评估计划 (PIAAC) 数据，我们估计特定国家/地区的相对低技能水平在多大程度上影响年轻人跨环境报告长期 NEET 状态的可能性。我们发现低技能和教育对跨国报告 NEET 状态的概率有不同的影响。我们还进行中介分析，以检验低教育的负面信号效应在多大程度上解释了技能劣势对 NEET 状态的影响。我们发现，在具有以职业为导向的教育体系的国家中，低技能教育的间接影响尤为重要。