In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...

Die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten, speziell von Flüchtlingen, stellt eine der großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen in Deutschland dar. Parallel dazu fällt es dem deutschen Handwerk immer schwerer, seinen Fachkräftebedarf zu decken. Eine wachsende Zahl an Projekten von...

To fight negative trends in the youth labour market, policymakers around the world foster vocational education and training programmes (VET). We therefore investigate how the share of three upper secondary education programmes, i.e. general education, school-based VET, and dual VET, affect the...

Germany is widely known for its high-quality vocational education and training (VET) system. The two key features of that system are (a) firm-based training programs accompanied by a schoolbased component (of one to two days per week), in which apprentices acquire upper secondary general...