training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … the skills of individuals for these occupations. Programs of academic education and apprenticeship programs emphasizing … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The …

in apprenticeship training. Firms gain from the apprentice’s contributions to production, reduced turnover and training …Are apprenticeships valuable for firms? Economists once thought that firms do not pay to develop occupational skills …

Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD 2009) review of youth employment, have recommended expanding apprenticeship training … yet failed to stimulate significant action. Apprenticeship training would seem consistent with American values of …Can expanded apprenticeship reduce the concerns about the U.S. workforce? The U.S. labor market faces a rise in …

the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth …

training, which yields skills used primarily in the informal sector.  In this paper we use a 2006 urban based household survey … apprenticeship pays off.  We show that apprenticeship is by far the most important institution providing training and is undertaken …In Ghana there is a highly developed apprenticeship system where young men and women undertake sector-specific private …

capital is an important component of apprenticeship training and accounts for a part of the returns to training. … mobility on post-training wages in Switzerland to assess the transferability of the human capital acquired in training. We show …

Training through apprenticeship provided the main mechanism for occupational human capital formation in pre … apprenticeship to secure training contracts. Premiums varied in response to scarcity rents, the expected productivity of masters and … access to apprenticeship training for youths from modest families. …

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 …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the apprenticeship system in a country, which provides large …-scale employer-provided training for new entrants on the labour market. The overview includes institutional traits of the Danish … labour market which help sustain the system by alleviating failures in the market for training. Estimation results indicate a …

After graduation many students start working in sectors not related to their field of study or participate in training …