Starting in 1999, the Bologna Process reformed the German five-year study system for a first degree into the three-year bachelor's (BA) system to harmonize study lengths in Europe and improve competitiveness. This reform unintentionally challenged the German apprenticeship system that offers...

Starting in 1999, the Bologna Process reformed the German five-year study system for a first degree into the three-year bachelor's (BA) system to harmonize study lengths in Europe and improve competitiveness. This reform unintentionally challenged the German apprenticeship system that offers...

Der vorliegende Band wurde aus den Beiträgen der Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie zum Thema "Hochschulökonomie" in Kooperation mit der Evangelischen Akademie Bad Boll zusammengestellt. Inhalt: Grözinger, Gerd/Hödl, Erich: Vorwort. - Maier, Harry: Die Interdependenz...

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 that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...