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Does Less Wage Compression Lead to Less Training in Germany? An Expansion of Acemoglu and Pischke's Model of Training in Imperfect Labor Markets
Neubäumer, Renate - 2016
We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...
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The Effect of Choice Options in Training Curricula on the Supply of and Demand for Apprenticeships
Jansen, Anika - 2016
curriculum on supply of and demand for apprenticeship training. Modernizations of training curricula provide us with a quasi … when they have more choice options in the training curriculum because of (1) the higher productivity of graduates who have … 2014. We find that a more heterogeneous curriculum increases both firms' supply of and students' demand for training places …
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The Geography of Occupational Choice : Empirical Evidence from the Swiss Apprenticeship Market
Kuhn, Andreas - 2022
This paper presents an empirical exploration of the geography of adolescents' occupational choices, using data covering a single cross-section of the population of all individual-level apprenticeship contracts in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The unique feature of the data is that they...
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Apprenticeship Training and the Business Cycle
Muehlemann, Samuel - 2009
Dual apprenticeship training is a market-driven form of education at the upper secondary level, taking place in firms as well as in vocational schools. So far, little is known about the impact of the business cycle on the number of apprenticeship programs offered by firms. Using panel-data of...
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Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof?
Lüthi, Samuel - 2018
Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during economic crises, thus exacerbating the problem of youth...
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Training and Retirement
Kristensen, Nicolai - 2012
This paper presents results on the effect of formal life-long learning on the decision to retire early. Specifically, I estimate an Option Value model based on individual employer-employee longitudinal data including comprehensive government co-sponsored training records dating back more than 30...
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Does Updating Education Curricula Accelerate Technology Adoption in the Workplace? Evidence from Dual Vocational Education and Training Curricula in Switzerland
Schultheiss, Tobias; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
new technologies faster into firms' workplaces. We study technology changes and curriculum updates from an early wave of … job advertisements), we use an event study design. Our results show that curriculum updates substantially shorten the time …
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The Effects of a High School Curriculum Reform on University Enrollment and the Choice of College Major
Goerlitz, Katja - 2015
This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students' probability to enroll at university …
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Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes
Seah, Kelvin - 2020
, curriculum. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we compare changes in the labor market outcomes of graduate cohorts from … the affected faculty, before-and-after the curriculum revision, to changes in the labor market outcomes of graduate … cohorts from the other faculties. We do not find evidence that curriculum breadth matters for these labor market outcomes …
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