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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - In East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024593
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Regional Effects on Employer-Provided Training : Evidence from Apprenticeship Training in Switzerland
Muehlemann, Samuel - 2006
This paper uses regional variation in labor markets, the industry structure and the educational system to explain the training decisions of firms. Using a representative firm-level data set, the results show that firms are less likely to offer training if the number of competing firms situated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780467
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So Similar and Yet so Different : A Comparative Analysis of a Firm's Cost and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training in Austria and Switzerland
Moretti, Luca - 2017
The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942011
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Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training - A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Dionisius, Regina; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2021
information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the … net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316537
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Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Social Public Procurement Policy : The Case of the Swiss Apprenticeship Training System
Strupler, Mirjam - 2015
This paper assesses the effectiveness of a social public procurement policy in Switzerland that gives firms that train …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030486
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
emphasizing apprenticeship programs. Results are robust to accounting for ability patterns and to propensity-score matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119232
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Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2018
Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924444
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Protestantism and Education : Reading (the Bible) and Other Skills
Boppart, Timo; Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2021
involved as well. We employ a historical data set from Switzerland which allows us to differentiate between different cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316105
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Qualifying Religion : The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production
Boppart, Timo; Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker; … - 2021
This paper examines the role of religious denomination for human capital formation. We employ a unique data set which covers, inter alia, information on numerous measures of school inputs in 169 Swiss districts for the years 1871/72, 1881/82 and 1894/95, marks from pedagogical examinations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316560
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The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms : Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships
Albanese, Andrea - 2017
This paper estimates the causal effects of the 2003 reform of the Italian apprenticeship contract which aimed at … apprenticeship contract and introduced a minimum floor to apprentices' wages. Using administrative data and balancing techniques we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954353