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The role of vocational education and training in the integration of refugees in Austria, Denmark and Germany

Jørgensen, Christian Helms; Hautz, Hannes; Li, Junmin - In: International journal for research in vocational … 8 (2021) 3, pp. 276-299

this paper is to examine how the VET systems of Austria, Denmark and Germany responded to the arrival of young refugees … influx of refugees. In Austria and Denmark, new governments with strong anti-immigration agendas took office and reduced the … barriers to the integration of refugees in VET, while reforms in Austria and Denmark have limited refugees’ opportunities to …

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Does less wage compression lead to less training in Germany? : an expansion of Acemoglu and Pischke's Model of training in imperfect labor markets

Neubäumer, Renate - 2016

We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...

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The effectiveness of apprenticeship training : a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary

Horn, Dániel - 2014

Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within...

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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the supply of and demand for apprenticeships

Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - 2016

Building on Lazear's skill weights approach, we study the effect of having more or less heterogeneity in the training curriculum on supply of and demand for apprenticeship training. Modernizations of training curricula provide us with a quasi‐experimental setting as these modernizations can be...

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Coaching disadvantaged young people : evidence from firm level data

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2014

In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified school-leavers because of smaller birth cohorts and an increasing proportion of school leavers aiming for higher education. This paper investigates whether a programme that supports firms to train...

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Sources of wage growth

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian - 2022

This paper investigates the sources of wage growth over the life cycle, where individuals have the possibility to acquire vocational training at the start of their career. Wage growth is determined by sectoral and firm mobility, unobserved ability and the accumulation of human capital. Workers...

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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data

Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2022 - Updated version

While an increasing number of conceptual studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits establishment data from a representative survey of German...

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Health, personality disorders, work commitment and training to employment transitions

Patzina, Alexander; Dietrich, Hans; Barabasch, Anton - 2022

This study analyzes the influence of mental and physical health, coping abilities, cooperativeness, and work commitment on the transition from apprenticeship training to a first job. In doing so, we first investigate transitions to regular employment within six months post-graduation. Second, we...

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The contribution of vocational education and training to innovation and growth

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Lehnert, Patrick - 2021

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Local norms describing the role of the state and the private provision of training

Kuhn, Andreas; Schweri, Jürg; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2019

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