The Opportunity Trap: Education and Employment in a Global Economy

By P. Brown. 2003

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Graduates' employment and the discourse of employability: a critical analysis (2006, background): “Despite evidence that social injustice persists (Hills & Stewart, 2005), Brown (2003) suggests that the growth in personal freedom and the rhetoric of the knowledge economy have led to the belief that we have more opportunities than before, and that better credentials lead to good jobs and higher…”
The Economic and Distributional Implications of Current Policies on Higher Education (2004, background): “As the size of HE grows, so too does its influence in helping shape how the labour market Finally, as Brown (2003) and Brown and Hesketh functions.”
Is Mass Higher Education Working? Evidence from the Labour Market Experiences of Recent Graduates (2004, background): “Other critics of educational expansion at the tertiary level have suggested that the major increase in the supply of graduates could be indicative of a growth in credentialism rather than the development and enhancement of human capital (Brown, 2003; Wolf, 2003; Ainley, 1997; Keep and Mayhew, 1999).”
Employing discourse: universities and graduate ‘employability’ (2010, background): “Such changes reflect transformations in the nature and characteristics of employment (Harvey 2000), structural changes in labour markets (Brown 2003) and generally the changing context of graduate employment (Moreau and Leathwood 2006).”
Impact of participation in extra-curricular activities during college on graduate employability: an empirical study of graduates of Taiwanese business schools (2014, background): “Brown, Hesketh, and Williams (2003) also point out that employability depends on economic conditions.”
Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy (2002, background): “We want to argue that an increase in the number of managerial and professional employment opponunities does not rule out the possibility of a more intensive competition for credentials and jobs (Brown, 2003).”
Impact of Trade Openness and Human Capital on Economic Growth: A Comparative Investigation of Asian Countries (2020, background): “It is also considered a very important factor for an economy and it helps to provide a highly skilled and innovative labor force that can utilize limited resources with efficiency, which increases the per capita income [17,18].”
Engineering students’ experiences of transition from study to work (2010, neutral): “Today we simply take them for granted’ (Brown 2003 , 19).”