We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and on promotions among male blue-collar workers. More than twenty years of personnel data of four entry cohorts in a German company allow us to address issues such as unobserved...

This paper deals with the German apprenticeship training system. We first set the scene by describing the operation of the system, including the statistical picture in terms of supply and demand and costs; the relationship between the vocational training and the educational systems; the complex...

We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and on promotions among male blue-collar workers. More than twenty years of personnel data of four entry cohorts in a German company allow us to address issues such as unobserved...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Determinanten für die Beschäftigung von Älteren und für das Angebot an altersspezifischen Personalmaßnahmen. Anhand ökonometrischer Schätzungen mittels der Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels, insbesondere der Wellen 2005, 2006 und 2008, werden zudem die...