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Why Do Firms Train? Empirical Evidence on the First Labour Market Outcomes of Graduated Apprentices
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001
find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have (1) higher wages and (2) longer first …The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave …
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Training Intensity and First Labor Market Outcomes of Apprenticeship Graduates
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2003
longer first-job durations but not higher wages than apprentices leaving the training firm. Retention rates, first job … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing …The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005756636
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Why Do Firms Train? Empirical Evidence on the First Labour Market Outcomes of Graduated Apprentices
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have (1) higher wages and (2) longer first …The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761785
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Why do firms train? : empirical evidence on the first labour market outcomes of graduated apprentices
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001
find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have (1) higher wages and (2) longer first …The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402448
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Why do Firms Train? Empirical Evidence on the First Labour Market Outcomes of Graduate Apprentices
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
wages and (2) longer first-job durations than apprentices leaving the training firm. These results support theories …The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our Paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281404
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The Danish Apprenticeship System, 1931–2002: The Role of Subsidies and Institutions
Albæk, Karsten - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 55 (2009) 1, pp. 39-60
-scale employer-provided training for new entrants on the labour market. The overview includes institutional traits of the Danish … labour market which help sustain the system by alleviating failures in the market for training. Estimation results indicate a … appear at face value to be effective in furthering training. Subsidies to employ apprentices have been an important part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980244
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Returns for entrepreneurs versus employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-a-vis wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379475
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325994
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees: the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples' occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277025
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Are occupations paid what they are worth? An econometric study of occupational wage inequality and productivity
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - 2011
Labour economists typically assume that pay differences between occupations can be explained with variations in productivity. The empirical evidence on the validity of this assumption is surprisingly thin and subject to various potential biases. The authors use matched employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280673