skills or abilities in the most technical fields of education (engineering, computing, manufacturing). The above average … graduates) or increased skills due to student work (i.e. computing graduates). …

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 …

training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the … unskilled workers, promoting additional training. Employing a mixed logit model, we estimate the probability of opting for an … apprenticeship for a GSOEP-based sample of youths aged 17 to 24. Unlike the evidence from other countries, we find that increasing …

-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …

-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …

have attempted to address failures in the apprenticeship markets to expand access or improve training quality. Subsidized … expand access to training, upgrade skills and improve earnings for youths without crowding out traditional apprentices. … provide general skill training. This paper analyzes the impact of subsidized dual apprenticeships combining on-the-job and …

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 …

Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and … thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during … that economic shocks induce a rather small, pro-cyclical immediate response in the apprenticeship market. However, within a …