Different hands. Markets for intermediate skills in Germany, the. U.S. and the Netherlands

This dissertation analyzes and compares how empirical markets for intermediate skills operate under different governance regimes. The central question was: how do markets for intermediate skills operate in Germany, the U.S. and the Netherlands? What options for vocational education and training (VET) exist; which rules and actors govern these options; and how does the interaction of these rules and actors help to explain the actual choices of young people and employers regarding VET? The institutional order, actors’ strategies, and their interaction, were analyzed for markets for intermediate... Mehr ...