Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD 2009) review of youth employment, have recommended expanding apprenticeship training … yet failed to stimulate significant action. Apprenticeship training would seem consistent with American values of …Can expanded apprenticeship reduce the concerns about the U.S. workforce? The U.S. labor market faces a rise in …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

This paper provides one of the first detailed analyses of the training and finances of school-to-work (STW) programs in … location. In almost every case, the firm paid at least some of the costs of general training. Most firms recoup some of these … levels--motivate firms to invest in general skills, but these labor market imperfections may not be great enough to allow …

training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … the skills of individuals for these occupations. Programs of academic education and apprenticeship programs emphasizing … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The …

The paper provides an account of innovative financing mechanisms which have been adopted in many national training … systems. These mechanisms aim at correcting shortcomings of conventional training finance systems in order to better meet … labor market needs, improve both the quality and relevance of training provision and to contain training costs. Directions …

Training programs targeted toward lower skilled workers to a much greater extent than is currently the case could play … with the skills needed to take new jobs in growing sectors of the economy …

certification and verification of skills. 3) Build a robust apprenticeship system that emphasizes learning by doing in a context … school to the labor market. Limited skills relative to the demands of employers also play a role. This paper proposes three … major policy initiatives for upgrading and expanding worker training to bolster productivity and wages: 1) Improve access to …

Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD 2009) review of youth employment, have recommended expanding apprenticeship training … yet failed to stimulate significant action. Apprenticeship training would seem consistent with American values of …Can expanded apprenticeship reduce the concerns about the U.S. workforce? The U.S. labor market faces a rise in …

competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that most firms benefit from investing in apprenticeship training. Evidence …Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often … indicates that financial returns to firms vary. Some recoup their investment within the apprenticeship period, while others see …