The Effectiveness of Apprenticeship Training - a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary

Daniel Horn

No 1405, Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within educational track using a rich database and a unique set of observable individual level characteristics as well as local labor market fixed effects to control for the potential selection bias. The results show that there are no significant differences in employment chances between apprentices and non-apprentices within just a year after graduation. Although, in small subsamples of the population, significant differences can be found, these are most likely due unobserved heterogeneity. However, even if these observed differences are unbiased, they are more likely due to the superior screening of the larger firms rather than their superior training.

Keywords: apprenticeship training; employment; screening; school-to-work transition; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 J08 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2014-08
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