Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany

Regina Riphahn and Michael Zibrowius
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Michael Zibrowius: Cologne Institute for Economic Research

No 8901, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and no significant changes in the returns over time. Instrumental variable estimations confirm the regression results. The positive returns hold up even in poor labor market situations.

Keywords: vocational training; returns to education; school-to-work transition; youth unemployment; transition economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I29 J24 J40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2015-03
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Published - published in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (1), 33 - 57

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