The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … pay in Austria, which in turn is associated with collective bargaining agreements and competition with alternative school …

net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper … between the two countries can be explained by a higher share of productive tasks allocated to apprentices in Switzerland and …

net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper … between the two countries can be explained by a higher share of productive tasks allocated to apprentices in Switzerland and …

net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper … between the two countries can be explained by a higher share of productive tasks allocated to apprentices in Switzerland and …

net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper … between the two countries can be explained by a higher share of productive tasks allocated to apprentices in Switzerland and …

differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …

differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …

differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper …