after apprenticeship graduation. Unemployed apprenticeship graduates constitute a large share of unemployed youth in Germany … apprenticeship graduation. …

, counseling, training, and placement services. Such programs can be expensive, however, which underscores the need to focus on …

the aim of improving the integration prospects of struggling youths. Among the most common programs used are training … for training and wage subsidies, whereas the effects for public work programs are clearly negative. The evidence on the …

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 … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave …

of search and matching frictions by providing firms and job candidates with an intensive screening and matching service …

a net impact of 5% on average for on-the-job training, but no impact for off-the-job training. On-the-job training also … theoretical, but very little work-related competences. Off-the-job training does affect the probability to experience at least one … training programs to delay their job search. Interestingly, we found that the program has a different impact for different …