skills or abilities in the most technical fields of education (engineering, computing, manufacturing). The above average … graduates) or increased skills due to student work (i.e. computing graduates). …

training institution and pass one or more tests, the notion being that these preservice requirements ensure a basic level of …

-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …

-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …

where firms who match with entrant workers have to incur training costs. As a result, firms are biased against entrant …

who can signal their high level of specific skills earn seven to ten percent more than identical students lacking such a … signal. The signal allows workers to find jobs in more productive firms and sectors that better use their skills. The …

difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario … university education among individuals with lower academic skills. …

potential role of occupational credentials as an alternative path to marketable human capital and a signal of skills in the …

of apprenticeship training by changing training procedures towards more training at the work place and thus by decreasing …We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of … collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes …

of apprenticeship training by changing training procedures towards more training at the work place and thus by decreasing …We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of … collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes …