competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that most firms benefit from investing in apprenticeship training. Evidence …Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often … indicates that financial returns to firms vary. Some recoup their investment within the apprenticeship period, while others see …

certification and verification of skills. 3) Build a robust apprenticeship system that emphasizes learning by doing in a context … school to the labor market. Limited skills relative to the demands of employers also play a role. This paper proposes three … major policy initiatives for upgrading and expanding worker training to bolster productivity and wages: 1) Improve access to …

limiting apprenticeship opportunities.Provinces regulate whether workers must complete a certified apprenticeship in order to … legally work in an occupation, as well as the length of apprenticeship terms. This Commentary finds that strict provincial … and the general public by encouraging workers to gain the proper training in skilled trades. However, entry restrictions …

of apprenticeship training by changing training procedures towards more training at the work place and thus by decreasing …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 …

Previous studies have found mixed evidence regarding the effects of the minimum wage on training levels. This paper … aged 19-20 receive a substantial increase in the minimum wage after one year on an apprenticeship, whereas workers aged … under 19 do not experience a change in the minimum wage at this point. Using data from the Apprenticeship Pay Survey …

Dual apprenticeship training is a market-driven form of education at the upper secondary level, taking place in firms … apprenticeship programs offered by firms. Using panel-data of Swiss cantons from 1988-2004, we find that the influence of the … business cycle is statistically significant, but small in size. Instead, supply of apprenticeship programs is driven to a much …

Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and … thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during … that economic shocks induce a rather small, pro-cyclical immediate response in the apprenticeship market. However, within a …

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing … register data - the IAB Employment Sample - we find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have …

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … education and training (VET) system, and a common border, there are some important institutional differences. On average, a … Swiss firm generates a net profit of 3400 Euro per apprentice and per year of training, while an Austrian firm incurs net …