It is a widely held opinion that apprenticeship training represents a net investment for training firms, and that … using a new firm-level dataset for Switzerland showed, however, that for 60 percent of the firms, the apprenticeship … that already train apprentices would not boost the demand for apprentices. -- apprenticeship training ; count data ; probit …

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing …