A Multi-Level and Interaction Effects Analysis of the Effectiveness of Educational Level and Training in Job Finding by Gender, Age Groups and Location

Abstract

Basically, this study aims to empirically determine the level at which the labour market of semi-peripheral EU countries have been or is being controlled by the outcomes of formal education together with technical/vocational training programmes, using the Greek labour market survey data as a case study. The data employed in this study were comprehensively collated, phased and analyzed at three levels: 1. The micro-level which relayed the econometric analysis of the Greek Labour Force. 2. The meso-level with all analytical activities wrapped around the Greek formal and informal educational system. 3. The macro-level where all data were scrutinized for outcomes relative to the Greek political economy. To the end the results of this study could systematically challenge the provision of training programmes by measuring the minimal impact and ultimately, the usefulness of these policies. However, this is not to say that Greece does not require training; it only means that they can only be used to their full potential in the context of an appropriate institutional framework, which still does not exist.

Keywords

• labor economics policies
• public policy
• human capital
• skills
• microeconomic policy: formulation
• implementation
• and evaluation
• quantitative policy modeling
• education: government policy