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An empirical analysis of the decision to train apprentices

Wolter, Stefan C.; Schweri, Juerg; Winkelmann, Rainer; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2007

It is a widely held belief that apprenticeship training represents a net investment for training firms, the cost of … which needs to be recouped after the training period. A new firm-level dataset for Switzerland reveals large variation in …

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Individual policy preferences for vocational versus academic education: Microlevel evidence for the case of Switzerland

Wolter, Stefan C.; Busemeyer, Marius R.; Cattaneo, … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

This paper uses an original dataset from a survey conducted in Switzerland in 2007 to explore the dynamics of education …

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The Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Mure, Johannes - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

This paper introduces the research concept of the Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies.

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Measuring the Specificity of Occupational Training Curricula and Labor Market Flexibility – An Economic Perspective on the Curriculum Development of VET Occupations

Rinawi, Miriam; Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Eggenberger, … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2015

In this paper we analyze the training curricula of VET (vocational education and training) occupations using detailed data on learned skills from official trainings regulations. We explore how differences in the skill bundles of occupational curricula can be measured and how such differences...

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Absenteeism in Apprenticeships: What Role Do Works Councils Play?

Pfeifer, Harald - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

effectively exercise their legally anchored ÔvoiceÕ function in the German apprenticeship system. …

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Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Schenker, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

This paper analyzes how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labor market affect a firm's supply of training. Using administrative survey data with detailed information on hiring and training costs for Swiss firms, we find evidence for substantial and increasing marginal hiring...

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Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Braendli, Romy - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

The paper aims to test whether a firm’s provision of training depends on the intake quality of trainees. While a firm may just treat each trainee equally, independent of his or her intake quality, firms may alternatively also provide more training to less able individuals or focus on the most...

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Apprentice pay in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: institutions, market forces, market power

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Teuber, Silvia; Ryan, Paul; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

, and low in Switzerland. Combining fieldwork evidence with national survey data, we associate apprentice pay with both …

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The Costs of Recruiting Apprentices: Evidence from German Firm-Level Data

Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; Wenzelmann, Felix - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

In this paper, we use firm-level data to analyse a firmÕs costs of recruiting apprentices in Germany. We find that recruitment costs amount on average to 600 Euros per hire (approximately one month of apprentice pay), but costs are heterogenous across firms and vary strongly with the training...

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High quality workplace training and innovation in highly developed countries

Rupietta, Christian; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

, process innovation and patent applications. As explanatory variable we use regulated apprenticeship training programs with … firms compared to non-training firms. Our empirical results show that up-to-date curriculum-based apprenticeship training is … positively associated with all of the four innovation measures. Taking endogenous apprenticeship decision into account, the …

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