"The subject of apprenticeship, one of the more enduring of all economic arrangements, has received more attention from economic historians and the economics profession at large in recent years. Yet, compared, say, with issues such as the economics of slave labor or the rise of formal human...

The ENSSURE project entails a component of introducing a Dual VET-Apprenticeship in Nepal. This new formal upper secondary education programme combines about one day of classroom education with about five days of workplace training each week for two years. While this project is in its pilot...

Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is that firms act in accordance with...

Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is that firms act in accordance with...

While Vocational Education and Training (VET) was almost absent from earlier international development frameworks, the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) attach greater importance to it. VET is an integral part of the education SDG (SDG 4) and its transversal role for a...

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 economic crises, thus exacerbating the problem of youth...

Zu dieser Fragestellung hat das Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft (iaw) im Auftrag der Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen für die vorliegende Studie Expertinnen und Experten aus der unmittelbaren Ausbildungspraxis befragt - schulisches Lehrpersonal, betriebliches Ausbildungspersonal und Auszubildende aus...

Die duale Berufsausbildung gilt als Garant für einen reibungslosen Einstieg ins Erwerbsleben. Aber nicht bei allen Absolventen einer dualen Berufsausbildung gelingt dieser Einstieg erfolgreich. Bereits zu Beginn des Berufslebens sind Unterschiede zu erkennen, die den weiteren Erwerbsverlauf...

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border,...

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border,...

Hungarian legislation provides firms with financial incentives to train apprentices from vocational training schools. In line with these incentives, it is observed that firms increasingly train apprentices over the period 2003-2011, in particular, in the sectors manufacturing, construction,...

Die vorliegende IW-Analyse ermittelt anhand eines theoretischen Modells die Faktoren, welche die unternehmerische Ausbildungsentscheidung beeinflussen, und überträgt dieses Modell auf die Entscheidung, Auszubildende mit Behinderung einzustellen. Mittels einer Unternehmensbefragung wird...