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Youth unemployment after apprenticeship training and individual, occupation and training employer characteristics

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - 2014

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

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Good occupation - bad occupation? : the quality of apprenticeship training

Göggel, Kathrin; Zwick, Thomas - 2009

first to analyse these differences. Quality differences of apprenticeship quality between training firms that have been … apprenticeship quality. -- Wage mark-up ; apprenticeship training ; occupations …

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How acid are lemons? : Adverse selection and signalling for skilled labour market entrants

Wagner, Robert; Zwick, Thomas - 2012

job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows that post-apprenticeship employer changers are a negative selection … training firm retention rates. Additional training firm signals are high apprenticeship wages that signal a positive selection … of apprenticeship applicants, works councils and establishment size. Finally, positive individual signals such as …

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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015

the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits … apprenticeship result in average wage losses, whereas an occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains …

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Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm level

Frosch, Katharina; Goebel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2011 - This version: June 2011

Adopting a dynamic perspective, this paper investigates age-related staffing patterns in German establishments and their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce rejuvenation - from the inflow of younger or from outflows of older...

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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas

Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014

We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...

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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung : eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland

Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999

Ob und wie lange Jugendliche nach Abschluß ihrer Lehre weiterhin im Ausbildungsbetrieb arbeiten, ist eine Fragestellung, deren Beantwortung für das Verständnis des Arbeitsmarktes in mehrfacher Hinsicht von Nutzen sein kann. Zum einen liefern Abgänge aus dem Ausbildungsbetrieb ohne...

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Do employment subsidies reduce early apprenticeship dropout?

Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian; Maier, Michael F. - 2013

We evaluate the effect of the Apprenticeship Bonus, an employment subsidy programme, on early dropout of apprenticeship …. Eligibility to the programme is restricted to school leavers who have actively searched for apprenticeship training to start … searched for apprenticeship positions unsuccessfully directly leaving school and analyse the effect of the subsidy on the risk …

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Dips and floors in workplace training : using personnel records to estimate gender differences

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Muehler, Grit - 2011

Using personnel records from a single large German firm in the financial industry, this paper provides detailed evidence on the effect of age and the supervisor's gender on gender differences in workplace training, holding constant various workplace characteristics. We implement an age-specific...

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Job shopping after vocational training? : an empirical analysis of the transition from apprenticeship training to work

Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 2001

This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer`s and...

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