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

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 …

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing … register data - the IAB Employment Sample - we find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have …

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 …

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

MBAs, we account for 82 percent of the gap by incorporating noncognitive skills (e.g., confidence and assertiveness) and …

This paper quantifies changes in employment and the demand for skills in the European Union following the … workers (2% in the Baseline) and increase by 4 5% for other occupations (5-6% in the Baseline). The most demanded skills … technologies, whereas the demand for skills related to the use of traditional tools and technologies is projected to decline …

managers to evaluate which skill signals such as cognitive skills, social skills and maturity are valued by employers when … - cognitive skills, social skills, and maturity - affect the probability of being invited for a job interview. GPAs and social … skills prove relevant for both genders and both groups of labour-market entrants. The relevance of other signals differs in …