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Although trainee pay is central to the economics of work-based training, institutionalists have paid it little attention, while economists typically assume that it is set by market clearing. We document large differences in the pay of metalworking apprentices in three countries: relative to the...
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This paper for the first time jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection, signalling and indices on entry wages of skilled employees. It uses German linked employer employee panel data (LIAB) and introduces a measure for relative productivity of skilled job applicants based on...
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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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In this paper, we study the role of occupational skills in individuals’ labor market transitions. Using rich data on skills required in occupations, we introduce a concept of occupation-specific human capital and develop empirical measures for occupational specificity and occupation distance....
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Apprenticeship training in Germany is generally considered to be an investment of companies into the human capital of their apprentices. This view is mainly based on the German cost benefit studies which testify training firms high net costs for their apprenticeships, but these results have not...
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Der Beitrag untersucht theoretisch und empirisch, inwiefern betriebliche Qualifizierungsstrategien auf der Basis eines Modells zur optimalen Vorratshaltung erklärt werden können. Demnach müsste ein positiver Zusammenhang beobachtbar sein zwischen betrieblichen Qualifikationsanstrengungen und...
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Lebenslanges Lernen allgemein und betriebliche Weiterbildung im Besonderen sind in den letzten Jahren aufgrund der sich … wandelnden Arbeitsanforderungen zweifelsohne immer wichtiger geworden. Gleichzeitig hat jedoch die Beteiligung an Weiterbildung … 2003 nur noch 41% (Berichtssystem Weiterbildung IX 2006). Erfreulicherweise ist aber der Anteil der Betriebe in Deutschland …
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wurden 2'400 Personen ein Weiterbildungsgutschein zugestellt, der sie zur Bezahlung einer frei gewählten Weiterbildung …
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The transition from school-to-work has been a burning issue in most countries for the last decades. So far research on this topic has not been conclusive, and it is still not clear whether transition problems are just individual, linked to the type of education followed at uppersecondary level,...
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Entscheidung für den Berufswechsel dominant sein. Diese Ergebnisse dürften über die Berufsbildung hinaus für alle jene …
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