While in-service teacher training programs are designed to enhance the performance of several cohorts of students, there is little evidence on the persistence of their effects. We present the two-year results of a large-scale, randomized study of an intensive in-service teacher training program...

In view of the cross-sectoral shortage of skilled workers in Germany, the structural deficits and dysfunctionalities in vocational education and training are currently being discussed intensively and, among other things, the further development of vocational orienta-tion is recommended. The...

Ausbildungsberufe unterscheiden sich sowohl auf berufsfachlicher Ebene als auch im Niveau der kognitiven Anforderungen. Während berufsfachliche Unterschiede mit der Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 empirisch gut untersuchbar sind, gilt dies weniger für Unterschiede im kognitiven...

The first step in a worker's career is often particularly hard. Many firms seeking workers require experience in a related field, so a vicious circle is created, whereby an entry level job is required in order to get an entry level job. Consequently, entrant workers have lower job-finding rates...

The European Commission declared 2022 the "European Year of Youth." Apart from the obvious aim to enhance its visibility and political legitimacy, the Commission responded to the fact that COVID-19 badly affected especially young people, manifested in the rise of youth unemployment and of youth...