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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the supply of and demand for apprenticeships
Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - 2016
curriculum on supply of and demand for apprenticeship training. Modernizations of training curricula provide us with a quasi … when they have more choice options in the training curriculum because of (1) the higher productivity of graduates who have … 2014. We find that a more heterogeneous curriculum increases both firms' supply of and students' demand for training places. …
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Does less wage compression lead to less training in Germany? : an expansion of Acemoglu and Pischke's Model of training in imperfect labor markets
Neubäumer, Renate - 2016
We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...
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Performance of Hungarian firms : are apprentices an asset or a liability? : evidence from a unique matched employer-employee dataset
Cabus, Sofie; Nagy, Eszter - 2017
Hungarian legislation provides firms with financial incentives to train apprentices from vocational training schools. In line with these incentives, it is observed that firms increasingly train apprentices over the period 2003-2011, in particular, in the sectors manufacturing, construction,...
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The effectiveness of apprenticeship training : a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary
Horn, Dániel - 2014
Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399286
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Accounting for investment risk in educational decisions : new evidence for lifetime returns in Germany
Zühlke, Anne; Kugler, Philipp; Hackenberger, Armin; … - 2020
We analyse the economic returns in lifetime labour income of different educational paths in Germany, especially the difference between university studies and vocational training. New data allows us to calculate cumulative labour earnings at different ages and to compare not only the highest...
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College expansion and curriculum choice
Kaganovič, Michail I.; Su, Xuejuan - 2015
adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges adopt a less demanding curriculum in order to accommodate the influx … more demanding curriculum to better serve their most able students, again at the expense of medium ability students. The …
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Increased instruction hours and the widening gap in student performance
Huebener, Mathias; Kuger, Susanne; Marcus, Jan - 2016
Do increased instruction hours improve the performance of all students? Using PISA scores of students in ninth grade, we analyse the effect of a German education reform that increased weekly instruction hours by two hours (6.5 percent) overalmost five years. In the additional time, students are...
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A Competing Risks Analysis of the Determinants of Low Completion Rates in the Canadian Apprenticeship System
Dostie, Benoit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
In this paper, we estimate the determinants of low (and slow) completion rates with a competing risk duration model using data from the National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS) 2007. This allows us to distinguish the impact age and duration dependence on the probability of dropping out. We find...
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Preparing Women of Substance? Education, Training, and Labor Market Outcomes for Women in Pakistan
Aslam, Monazza; Rawal, Shenila - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 18 (2013) Special Edition, pp. 93-128
This paper investigates the economic (i.e., labor market) outcomes of “training” for individuals in Pakistan. The labor market benefits of general education have been relatively well explored in the literature and specifically in Pakistan. They point to the benefits of education accruing...
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The Effectiveness of Apprenticeship Training - a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary
Horn, Daniel - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2014
Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084779