This paper analyzes the structure of hiring costs of skilled workers in Germany. Using detailed and representative firm-level data on recruitment and adaptation costs of new hires, we find that average hiring costs amount to more than 8 weeks of wage payments (4,700 Euros). The structure of...

This study analyzes the relationship between firms' costs of hiring skilled workers and their provision of internal apprenticeship training. Our empirical analysis draws on four waves of firm surveys conducted in Germany and Switzerland that include detailed information on firms' hiring costs...

In der Praxis bedeutet "gute Ausbildung" das Erreichen beruflicher Handlungsfähigkeit und betrieblicher Passung, wobei Betriebsräte ergebnisbezogene Aspekte von Ausbildung positiv beeinflussen. Die multimethodale Studie zum Einfluss von Betriebsräten auf die Ausbildungsqualität stellt diese...

A firm's expectation about the future business cycle is an important determinant of the decision to train apprentices. As German firms typically train apprentices to either fill future skilled worker positions, or as a substitute for other types of labor, the current coronavirus crisis will have...

Silke Anger, Universität Bamberg und IAB, und Malte Sandner, IAB, zeigen, dass trotz vergleichbarer Abiturleistungen zu den Vorjahren langfristige Nachteile des Corona-Abiturs im späteren Berufsleben nicht ausgeschlossen werden können. Die Schließung der Schulen, das Aussetzen der...

Apprenticeship training programs typically last several years and require substantial investments by training firms, largely due to the associated labor costs for participants and instructors. Nevertheless, apprentices also add significant value in the workplace. One tool to measure the costs...

Michael Kalinowski und Harald Pfeifer, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, sehen in dem Anstieg der Zahl junger Erwachsener ohne formalen Berufsabschluss ein Problem. Eine Reduzierung könne nur durch eine verstärkte Einbindung schwächerer Jugendlicher in das Ausbildungssystem gelingen. So...

This paper studies the effects of the G8 high school reform in Germany. The reform reduced minimum duration to obtain a high school degree (Abitur) from 9 to 8 years. First, we present a simple model based on a CES technology with heterogeneous inputs to conjecture possible effects of a supply...

In this paper, we investigate the effects of works councils on apprenticeship training in Germany. The German law attributes works councils substantial information and co-determination rights to training-related issues. Thus, works councils may also have an impact on the cost-benefit relation of...

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyzes based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...