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On the complementarity between education and training in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio - 2001

This paper is an empirical investigation of the complementarity between education and training in 13 European countries, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). After confirming the standard result that training incidence is higher among individuals with more education, I find...

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Why do firms train? : Empirical evidence on the first labour market outcomes of graduated apprentices

Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … the training firm soon after completion of the apprenticeship. Using German register data the IAB Employment Sample - we … apprenticeship system to select and retain the more able apprentices, thereby recouping the costs of investing in skills that are …

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The promise of workplace training for non-college-bound youth : theory and evidence from German apprenticeship

Clark, Damon; Fahr, René - 2001

This paper assesses the potential of 'workplace training' with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational … broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the effectiveness of apprenticeship using a large administrative dataset. We find … returns to apprenticeship for even the lowest ability school-leavers comparable to standard estimates of the return to school …

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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States

Björklund, Anders (contributor) - 2000

The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful omnibus measureʺ of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...