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 …

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 …

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 …

have attempted to address failures in the apprenticeship markets to expand access or improve training quality. Subsidized … expand access to training, upgrade skills and improve earnings for youths without crowding out traditional apprentices. … provide general skill training. This paper analyzes the impact of subsidized dual apprenticeships combining on-the-job and …

Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and … thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during … that economic shocks induce a rather small, pro-cyclical immediate response in the apprenticeship market. However, within a …

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 …

training tend to mirror specific national models of economic production. For example, the German dual apprenticeship system is … a core feature of the corporatist model of "diversified quality production". This, in turn, is supported via skills …-protecting, earnings-related unemployment insurance, skills-oriented active labor market policies and strong dismissal protection so that …

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … education and training (VET) system, and a common border, there are some important institutional differences. On average, a … Swiss firm generates a net profit of 3400 Euro per apprentice and per year of training, while an Austrian firm incurs net …

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … education and training (VET) system, and a common border, there are some important institutional differences. On average, a … Swiss firm generates a net profit of 3400 Euro per apprentice and per year of training, while an Austrian firm incurs net …

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 …