The Swiss Vocational Education and Training System: What Can Spain Learn from Switzerland?

Maria E. Egg () and Ursula Renold ()
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Maria E. Egg: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Ursula Renold: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

No 15-383, KOF Working papers from KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

Abstract: Switzerland is famous for its vocational education and training (VET) system. This article describes Switzerland's success in integrating adolescents into the labour market, with emphasis on two aspects. First, dual-track VET, which combines learning at school and in host companies, is an attractive choice for adolescents. It prepares them for the labour market and for progression routes to higher education. Second, the firm's decision to train could be an example of the prisoner's dilemma, but Switzerland has managed to sidestep that issue and minimize concerns about poaching. Finally, we discuss what Spain could learn from the Swiss VET system.

Keywords: Swiss vocational education and training system; Apprenticeship; Standard of excellence; Youth labour market; Prisoner's dilemma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2015-06
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