The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship

Damon Clark and René Fahr ()

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: This paper assesses the potential of `workplace training' with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide `optimal' training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the effectiveness of apprenticeship using a large administrative dataset. We find returns to apprenticeship for even the lowest ability school-leavers comparable to standard estimates of the return to school, and show that training is transferable across a wide range of occupations, such as a one-digit occupation group. We conclude that the positive experience with German Apprenticeship Training may guide the design of similar policies in other countries.

Keywords: German Apprenticeship Training; Human Capital; Occupational Mobility; Wages. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C29 J24 J31 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-03
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Working Paper: The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth: theory and evidence from German apprenticeship (2002)
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