We use the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE) to estimate the socio-economic gradient in access to unpaid internships among English and Welsh graduates six months after completing their first degree, and the return to this internship experience 3 years later in terms of...

We use the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE) to estimate the socio-economic gradient in access to unpaid internships among English and Welsh graduates six months after completing their first degree, and the return to this internship experience 3 years later in terms of...

Immer mehr junge Menschen in Deutschland erwerben eine Studienberechtigung. Aber bei weitem nicht alle Jugendlichen mit einer Studienberechtigung gehen tatsächlich studieren. Der Übergang an eine Hochschule hängt in hohem Maße vom Familienhintergrund ab. Unter anderem trauen sich...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which accounting internships contribute to forming and developing students’ competencies, practical abilities, professional and ethical values and to a more informed understanding of the accounting profession. We focus on the internship...

The aim of this research is to examine the possible effects of labour market institutional characteristics on young people's perceptions of their internship experiences as expressed on Twitter. By looking at these opinions (satisfaction versus dissatisfaction) in relation to certain features of...

In zahlreichen vom Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) geförderten Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen werden Betriebspraktika als Teil der Aus- und Fortbildung eingesetzt. Der vorliegende AMS report dokumentiert die Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen von Organisationsverantwortlichen und TrainerInnen...

The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...

The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...

Das IAB äußert sich in dieser Stellungnahme zur Situation der Praktikantinnen und Praktikanten in Deutschland. Aus Sicht des IAB kommt letztlich dem Gesetzgeber die Aufgabe zu, die Vorteile "nicht regulierter" Praktika als Suchmöglichkeit gegen die potenziellen Nachteile bei den...

"The report presents findings from the research accompanying the vocational preparation schemes (BvB) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) 2006/2007. Firstly, the aim was to provide the BA with empirical information on how the 'new BvB concept' (NFK), introduced in 2004, was concretely...

"Internships are understood as a bridge into scarce employment by young job entrants or students. Using the IAB Establishment Panel, we discovered 600,000 internships in 300,000 firms. The use of internships differs significantly between sectors. They are frequently used in the sale and retail...

"Internships are understood as a bridge into scarce employment by young job entrants or students. Using the IAB Establishment Panel, we discovered 600,000 internships in 300,000 firms. The use of internships differs significantly between sectors. They are frequently used in the sale and retail...