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 …

Previous studies have found mixed evidence regarding the effects of the minimum wage on training levels. This paper … aged 19-20 receive a substantial increase in the minimum wage after one year on an apprenticeship, whereas workers aged … under 19 do not experience a change in the minimum wage at this point. Using data from the Apprenticeship Pay Survey …

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 …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

-sponsored training records dating back more than 30 years. Human capital theory predicts that the amount of training and the length of … effects of training in prolonging working life are found for certain types of training and certain groups of workers. However …, out-of-sample simulations indicate that on average one year of training only adds up to one month to the career length …

This paper estimates the impacts of the Philippine Dual Training System (DTS) on labor market outcomes using a recent … survey that tracked graduates from DTS and non-DTS programs provided by vocational training institutes. DTS programs partner … with local employers to combine on-the-job training (OJT) with the conventional school- or center-based instruction, while …

Does better access to skilled workers reduce firms' willingness to provide general skills training to unskilled workers … apprenticeship positions that firms provide. We exploit that the availability of skilled workers increased more in firms close to the …-in-Differences estimates suggest that firm-provided training and access to skilled workers are not necessarily substitutes: opening the borders …

European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms … remain and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over the … last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock. We …