Bringing firms on board. Inclusiveness of the dual apprenticeship systems in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark

Giuliano Bonoli and Anna Wilson

International Journal of Social Welfare, 2019, vol. 28, issue 4, 369-379

Abstract: In dual vocational education and training (VET) systems, the state and employers collaborate in order to meet a country’s needs in terms of education for youth and professional skills for the labour market. These systems are considered as effective tools to lower youth unemployment. However, since firms in dual VET systems select the apprentices, not every candidate gets access to in‐firm training. Consequently, governments develop measures that try to make their dual VET systems more inclusive. We present a categorisation of the different measures used to enhance inclusiveness in three dual collective skill formation countries (Switzerland, Germany and Denmark). We show that inclusiveness measures exist in each of the three countries but are limited in the extent to which firms are expected to play an active role in them. We conclude that the types of measures adopted are related to political economy traditions and the country’s level of macro‐corporatism.

Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12371

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:injsow:v:28:y:2019:i:4:p:369-379

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Social Welfare from John Wiley & Sons
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().