competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that most firms benefit from investing in apprenticeship training. Evidence …Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often … indicates that financial returns to firms vary. Some recoup their investment within the apprenticeship period, while others see …

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 …

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 …

certification and verification of skills. 3) Build a robust apprenticeship system that emphasizes learning by doing in a context … school to the labor market. Limited skills relative to the demands of employers also play a role. This paper proposes three … major policy initiatives for upgrading and expanding worker training to bolster productivity and wages: 1) Improve access to …

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 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 …

limiting apprenticeship opportunities.Provinces regulate whether workers must complete a certified apprenticeship in order to … legally work in an occupation, as well as the length of apprenticeship terms. This Commentary finds that strict provincial … and the general public by encouraging workers to gain the proper training in skilled trades. However, entry restrictions …

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 …

success in apprenticeship training. I find that such information is a) not correlated with school grades at the end of … first and second year of apprenticeship training), the probability of unexcused vocational school absences or the likelihood … of a premature ending of the apprenticeship contract …