Article 2014

Partisan power, economic coordination and variations in vocational training systems in Europe

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Busemeyer, Marius Raphael
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Schlicht-Schmälzle, Raphaela
European Journal of Industrial Relations
Journal · Vol. 20 · Issue 1 · pp. 55-71
Abstract

This article explores the variation of vocational education and training systems in European countries. From a survey of experts in 15 European countries, we develop a typology along two dimensions: employer involvement and public commitment. In a second step, we explain the variety of skill formation systems, highlighting the importance of partisan power and economic coordination. The causal argument is applied in three illustrative case studies of Germany, Sweden and the UK. In particular, we argue that a high degree of economic coordination increases the relevance of training relative to academic education. However, differences within the cluster of coordinated market economies are related to different legacies of partisan power in the post-war decades. © The Author(s) 2014.

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Vocational training Germany UK Varieties of Capitalism Sweden Economic coordination partisan power

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Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Funding & Acknowledgements
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG
Grant: BU 1852/4-1
Research for this project was partly funded by a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), no. BU 1852/4-1.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG
Research for this project was partly funded by a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), no. BU 1852/4-1.
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