Training Intensity and First Labor Market Outcomes of Apprenticeship Graduates

Rob Euwals () and Rainer Winkelmann
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Rob Euwals: CBP Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

No 308, SOI - Working Papers from Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich

Abstract: The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Using German register data - the IAB Employment Sample - we find that apprentices staying with their training firm after graduation have longer first-job durations but not higher wages than apprentices leaving the training firm. Retention rates, first job durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in general training are discussed.

Keywords: Training; wages; job-duration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J24 J31 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2003-09
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Published in International Journal of Manpower 25, 2004, pages 447-462

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