whether a programme that supports firms to train disadvantaged youth can reduce recruiting difficulties in apprentice training …

growth of apprenticeships. Fewer than one in ten employers in England train apprentices compared with a quarter or more in … of apprenticeships to improve the failing youth labour market.Despite the commitment of substantial public resources over …

In France, two years after school completion and getting the same diploma, the employmentrate of apprentices is about … almost no difference between theprobability of getting a callback from employers for unemployed youth formerly … eitherapprentices or vocational students. This result indicates that the higher employment rate ofapprentices does not rely, in the …

Active labour market policy (ALMP) is widely used in European countries to reduce youth unemployment and help young … people in their transition from school into apprenticeships and employment. Spending on ALMP for young people varies … novel data, this thesis argues that spending on youth ALMP is influenced by other factors than ALMP for older people …