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Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof?

Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 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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Are apprenticeships business cycle proof?

Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018

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Overeducation among Swiss university graduates: determinants and consequences

Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 4, pp. 313-328

This study uses the Swiss Graduate Survey data to investigate the determinants of job-education mismatch and the …-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The results indicate that the likelihood of a job-education mismatch is … approximately 15 % of university graduates. The study also shows that more than one-quarter of the individuals with a job-education …

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Overeducation among Swiss university graduates: determinants and consequences

Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 4, pp. 313-328

"This study uses the Swiss Graduate Survey data to investigate the determinants of job-education mismatch and the …-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The results indicate that the likelihood of a job-education mismatch is … approximately 15 % of university graduates. The study also shows that more than one-quarter of the individuals with a job-education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099834

Sitting Next to a Dropout: Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers

Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022

We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first- time students' success...

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