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A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training. However, the extent of poaching, its determinants and consequences, remains an open empirical question. We provide a novel empirical identification strategy for poaching and...
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Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
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Ob und wie lange Jugendliche nach Abschluß ihrer Lehre weiterhin im Ausbildungsbetrieb arbeiten, ist eine Fragestellung, deren Beantwortung für das Verständnis des Arbeitsmarktes in mehrfacher Hinsicht von Nutzen sein kann. Zum einen liefern Abgänge aus dem Ausbildungsbetrieb ohne...
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The German dual apprenticeship system came under pressure in recent years because enterprises were not willing to offer … a sufficient number of apprenticeship positions. A frequently made argument is that the gap could be closed if more … German enterprises on average indeed incur net costs during the apprenticeship period, i.e. if the impact of an increase in …
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occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make …
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to ex-post identify poaching of apprenticeship completers, our paper is the first to directly investigate the correlation … apprenticeship training activity in reaction to past poaching. Instead, our findings indicate that the lower training activity in … apprenticeship completers hired from rivals. …
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This Feconometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer's...
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Living arrangements have undergone considerable change in recent decades. In most Western countries marriage is no longer the exclusive context of family formation. In the United States (US) for instance, the number of unmarried couples nearly doubled in the 1990s, from 3:2 million couples in...
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