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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions : the last two years in a German lower track secondary school

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2014

In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take multiple pathways. Students graduating from lower track secondary schools (LTSS) face major problems in school-towork transitions, prompting the provision of intensive career guidance...

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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 2000

Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert … informeller beruflicher Weiterbildung abhängt, und welche Auswirkungen diese auf den individuellen Arbeitsverdienst in einer … zwischen abhängigen und selbständig Erwerbstätigen. Selbständige, so die Hypothese, tragen die Kosten der Weiterbildung selbst …

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The impact of training on earnings : differences between participant groups and training forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

While there is a broad literature on the general wage effect of training, little is known about the effects of different training forms and about the effects for heterogeneous training participants. This study therefore adds two aspects to the literature on earnings effects of training. First,...

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Long-run effects of training programs for the unemployed in East Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2007

Public sector sponsored training was implemented at a large scale during the transition process in East Germany. Based on new administrative data, we estimate the differential effects of three different programs for East Germany during the transition process. We apply a dynamic multiple...

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Short-term training programs for immigrants : do effects differ from natives and why?

Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010

We evaluate the effects of different short-term training programs on the employment chances of immigrant and native welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might cause these potential differences. In a first step,...

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The retention effect of training : portability, visibility, and credibility

Dietz, Daniel; Zwick, Thomas - 2016

This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees’ retention in the training company. It for the first time empirically combines the human capital and the monopsony theory by jointly controlling for the portability, visibility, and credibility of training. Based on an...

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Mohrenweiser, Jens; Wydra-Sommaggio, Gaby; Zwick, Thomas - 2015 - This version August 2015

This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...

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Employment and earnings effects of awarding training vouchers in Germany

Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; … - 2014

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...

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Continuous training and firm productivity in Germany

Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2002

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End-of-year spending and the long-run employment effects of training programs for the unemployed

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Furdas, Marina; Sajons, Christoph - 2016

This study re-estimates the employment effects of training programs for the unemployed using exogenous variation in participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In addition to estimating complier effects with...

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