Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany : An Empirical Assessment

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ZEW Economic Studies ; 37

Literaturverz. S. 207 - 217

Introduction; Continuing Training; Heterogeneous Effect of Training on Earnings; Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital; Comparison of Wage and Productivity Effect: A Sectoral Analysis; Summary and Conclusion

CoverContents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Continuing Training -- 2.1 Theoretical Background: A Short Introduction to the Training Literature -- 2.2 Institutional Background -- 2.2.1 Educational Policy -- 2.2.2 Legal Background of Further Education -- 2.2.3 Continuing Training as a Measure of Active Labour Market Policy -- 2.2.4 Financial Furtherance of Continuing Training -- 2.2.5 Continuing Training in Collective Agreements -- 2.2.6 Suppliers of Further Education -- 2.3 Some Stylised Facts -- 2.3.1 Training in Europe -- 2.3.2 Participation and Investment in Continuing Training -- 2.4 Continuing Training in Empirical Research -- 2.4.1 Introduction -- 2.4.2 Data -- 2.4.3 Empirical Evidence -- 2.4.4 Comparison of Results -- 2.4.5 Conclusion -- 3 Heterogeneous Effects of Training on Earnings -- 3.1 Instrumental Variable Estimation -- 3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.1.2 Background Discussion and Econometric Methods -- 3.1.3 Endogeneity of Training -- 3.1.4 Data -- 3.1.5 Descriptive Statistics -- 3.1.6 Empirical Evidence -- 3.1.7 Conclusion -- 3.2 Sector Differences in Training Returns: The Case of Personal Services -- 3.2.1 Background Discussion -- 3.2.2 Data -- 3.2.3 Empirical Evidence -- 3.2.4 Conclusion -- 3.3 Non-Parametric Estimation: Local Instrumental Variables -- 3.3.1 Introduction -- 3.3.2 Background Discussion -- 3.3.3 Econometric Model -- 3.3.4 Data -- 3.3.5 Implementation and Results -- 3.3.6 Conclusion -- 3.4 The Influence of Different Training Types on Earnings -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Empirical Strategy and Results -- 3.4.3 Conclusion -- 3.5 Summary of Results and Conclusion -- 4 Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Derivation of Hypotheses and Estimation Strategy: Mobility Effect of Training and Wage Effect of Mobility -- 4.2.1 Mobility Effect of Training: Hypothesis Derivation -- 4.2.2 Mobility Effect of Training: Estimation Strategy -- 4.2.3 Wage Effect of Mobility: Hypothesis Derivation -- 4.2.4 Wage Effect of Mobility: Estimation Strategy -- 4.3 Data and Descriptive Evidence -- 4.4 Empirical Results: Mobility Effect of Training and Wage Effect of Mobility -- 4.4.1 Mobility Effect of Training -- 4.4.2 Wage Effect of Mobility -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Comparison of Wage and Productivity Effect: A Sectoral Analysis -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Background Discussion -- 5.3 Data Set -- 5.4 Descriptive Statistics -- 5.5 Basic Model -- 5.5.1 Estimation Strategy -- 5.5.2 Empirical Results -- 5.6 Differentiation Between Low- and High-Skilled -- 5.6.1 Extension of the Model -- 5.6.2 Empirical Results -- 5.7 Conclusion -- 6 Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix -- A: Further Tables and Figures for Chapter 2 -- B: Further Tables and Figures for Chapter 3 -- C: Further Tables and Figures for Chapter 4 -- D: Further Tables and Figures for Chapter 5 -- E: Glossary -- List of Tables.

10.1007/978-3-7908-1968-7 [DOI]

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