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Working Papers

2024

1. Apprenticeship Input Demand Cyclicality of R&D and non-R&D Firms
   Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)
2. Beggars cannot be choosers: The effect of labor market tightness on hiring standards, wages, and hiring costs
   Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)
3. Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents
   Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)
4. Managers’ risk preferences and firm training investments
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in CEPA Discussion Papers, Center for Economic Policy Analysis (2022) View citations (1)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Managers’ risk preferences and firm training investments, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. Struktur und Aufwand des betrieblichen Ausbildungspersonals: Empirische Analysen auf Basis der BIBB-Kosten-Nutzen-Erhebungen
   BIBB Fachbeiträge zur beruflichen Bildung, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
6. The Impact of Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers on Apprenticeship Training: A Comparative Study
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2024) View citations (1)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024) View citations (1)
7. Works Councils and Apprenticeship Training: Heterogeneous Works Councils, Heterogeneous Effects?
   Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)

2023

8. How Negative Labor Supply Shocks Affect Training in Firms: Lessons from Opening the Swiss-German Border
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2023)
9. The employment effects of raising negotiated minimum wages for apprentices
   Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)

2020

10. Do Recruiters Select Workers with Different Personality Traits for Different Tasks? A Discrete Choice Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2020) View citations (2)
    ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2020) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Do recruiters select workers with different personality traits for different tasks? A discrete choice experiment, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
11. Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) View citations (2)
    Also in ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2020)
    Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2020)
    See also Journal Article Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2022) View citations (7) (2022)
12. The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2020) View citations (10)
    ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2020) View citations (10)
    Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2020) View citations (9)

2019

13. Ausbildungsqualität in Betrieben: Welchen Beitrag leistet die betriebliche Mitbestimmung?
    Working Paper Forschungsförderung, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf
14. Betriebliche Ausbildungsmotivation – Eine Frage der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung ?
    (Firms’ motivation to train apprentices – A matter of social responsibility ?)
    Post-Print, HAL

2018

15. Another piece of the puzzle: Firms' investment in training as optimization of skills inventory
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)
16. Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeships: Evidence from a German High School Reform
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
17. The Effects of Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeships: Evidence from a German High School Reform
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2017

18. Firms' knowledge acquisition during dual-track VET: Which sources are important for innovativeness?
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW)
19. Only the brave? Risk and time preferences of decision makers and firms' investment in worker training
    ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA)
    Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2017)
    Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2017)

2016

20. The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (34)
    Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2013) View citations (14)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2016) View citations (35) (2016)
21. The more they spend, the more I earn? Firms' training investments and post-training wages of apprentices
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) View citations (3)

2015

22. Absenteeism in Apprenticeships: What Role Do Works Councils Play?
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) View citations (4)
23. The Costs of Recruiting Apprentices: Evidence from German Firm-Level Data
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) View citations (7)

2012

24. Works Councils, Collective Bargaining and Apprenticeship Training
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) (2011) View citations (13)

2011

25. High and steady or low and rising?: life cycle earnings patterns in vocational and general education
    Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR) View citations (13)
    Also in ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2011) View citations (12)

2008

26. Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training – A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training. A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland, Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin (2009) (2009)
27. Train to gain - The benefits of employee-financed training in Germany
    Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Managers’ risk preferences and firm training investments
   European Economic Review, 2024, 161, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Managers’ risk preferences and firm training investments, Post-Print (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
2. Recruiting mid-qualified workers in product-innovating firms: Which personality traits matter?
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2024, 112, (C)

2023

3. Berufseinstieg als Wachstumsfaktor – wie wir Kompetenzen für die Zukunft aufbauen können
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, (12), 03-27
4. Evaluating apprenticeship training programs for firms
   IZA World of Labor, 2023, 506 View citations (1)

2022

5. Do recruiters select workers with different personality traits for different tasks? A discrete choice experiment
   Labour Economics, 2022, 78, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Do Recruiters Select Workers with Different Personality Traits for Different Tasks? A Discrete Choice Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
6. Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training
   Economics of Education Review, 2022, 86, (C) View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training, Economics of Education Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2020

7. Schulschließungen, fehlende Ausbildungsplätze, keine Jobs: Generation ohne Zukunft?
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, (09), 03-24 View citations (1)
8. Works councils and absenteeism of apprentices: An empirical analysis
   Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2020, 41, (3), 672-692

2016

9. The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
   Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2016, 55, (2), 193-218 View citations (35)
   See also Working Paper The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data, Munich Reprints in Economics (2016) View citations (34) (2016)

2014

10. Linked Employer-Employee Data on Firms’ Training Costs: Enriching Register based LEE Data with Firm Level Data on Apprenticeship Training
    Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2014, 134, (2), 237-248 View citations (3)
11. Works Councils, Collective Bargaining, and Apprenticeship Training – Evidence From German Firms
    Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2014, 53, (2), 199-222 View citations (28)

2012

12. The transformation of the G erman vocational training regime: evidence from firms’ training behaviour
    Industrial Relations Journal, 2012, 43, (6), 572-591 View citations (7)

2010

13. The financing of apprenticeship training in the light of labor market regulations
    Labour Economics, 2010, 17, (5), 799-809 View citations (46)

2009

14. Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training. A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
    Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2009, 55, (1), 7-37
    See also Working Paper Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training – A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland, CESifo Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

Chapters

2010

1. High and steady or low and rising? Vocational versus general education in life-cycle earnings
   Chapter 47 in Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 5, 2010, vol. 5, pp 931-948 View citations (1)