● Ides Nicaise

Ides Nicaise

Main information

Belgian

Affiliation

Catholic University of Leuven

Levels of education

  • ECEC
  • School education
  • VET
  • Higher Education
  • Non-formal and informal learning
  • Adult education

Geographical scope of expertise

Policy themes

  • Access to high quality education for all
  • Funding and governance of education and training
  • Vulnerable groups in education and training, ensuring inclusion and non-discrimination
  • Education and migration
  • Early school leaving, participation in education and training
  • Parental and stakeholders’ engagement, whole-school approach
  • Monitoring for equity and quality in education and training
  • Active citizenship and identity in education

Selected publications

  • Verhaest D., Lavrijsen J., Van Trier W., Nicaise I., Omey E. (2018). General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects, Oxford Economic Papers
  • Ünver Ö, Bircan T., Nicaise I. (2018). Perceived accessibility of childcare in Europe: a cross-country multilevel study, International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 12(5).
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2017). Systemic obstacles to lifelong learning: the influence of the educational system design on learning attitudes, in: Studies in Continuing Education.
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2017). Returns to vocational education over the life cycle: between immediate labour market preparation and lifelong employability, in: International Review of Education.
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2016). Ascription, Achievement, and Perceived Equity of Educational Regimes: An Empirical Investigation, in: Social Sciences, 2016, 5 (64).
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2016). Educational tracking, inequality and performance. New evidence using a differences-in-differences technique, Research in Comparative and International Education, August 2016.
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2015). Social inequalities in early school leaving: The role of educational institutions and the socio-economic context, European Education, 47(4).
  • Lavrijsen J., Nicaise I. (2015). New empirical evidence on the effect of educational tracking on social inequalities in reading achievement, European Educational Research Journal, July 2015 (n° 3-4).
  • Poesen-Vandeputte, M., Nicaise, I. (2015). Rich schools, poor schools. Hidden resource inequalities between primary schools, Educational Research, 57(1).
  • Collado D., Lomos C., Nicaise, I. (2014). The effects of classroom socioeconomic composition on student’s civic knowledge in Chile, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, October 2014.