Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in reducing early leaving from education and training, and integrating youth at risk in upper secondary education. To ensure that more young people complete upper secondary education, the OECD suggests designing interventions that...

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border,...

Deutschlands Nachbarn verbinden erfolgreich berufliche und akademische Bildung. Österreichs Berufsbildende Höhere Schulen bereiten auf Hochschule und Arbeitswelt vor. Die Schweizer Berufsmaturität führt aus der Lehre zum Fachhochschulstudium.