government is considering to introduce a training levy scheme that collects training levies from non-training firms in order to … subsidize apprenticeship training ("Ausbildungsplatzabgabe"). Such training levy schemes already exist in several industrialized … qualitative and partial analyses. This paper aims at closing this gap. Following the training literature, we use a simple …

This paper summarizes additional evidence indicating that much on-the-job training appears to be "specific" in that … workers do not pay for such training in the form of lower starting wages. The paper then considers reasons why workers and … firms might limit the portability of training. One rationale emerges in the context of a principal-agent model with firm …

with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an … institutions at that the end of apprenticeship training can be signalled to outside employers. Apprenticeship graduates however … cannot signal their work-related ability – measured by a small voluntary bonus paid by the training employer – to the outside …

decider. The motivation of the work is based on the importance for those who decide, their education and training. We consider …

training and development specialist. Emphasises the workplace as the context of learning and argues that the move from the … service organisations necessitates a meaning transformation in the concepts of skill acquisition, learning and training. As …