Training intensity and first labor market outcomes of apprenticeship graduates

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 447-462

  Euwals, Rob ^a   Winkelmann, Rainer ^b  

^a CEPR ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Jobs; Pay; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942545063     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410554151     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abbring and Van den Berg (1998), "Limit results for unobserved heterogeneity distributions in mixed proportional hazard models", Working Paper, Free University of Amsterdam.
2. Acemoglu, D. and Pischke, J.S. (1998), "Why do firms train? Theory and evidence", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 113 No. 1, pp. 79-119.
3. Acemoglu, D. and Pischke, J.S. (1999a), "Beyond becker: training in imperfect labor markets", Economic Journal, Vol. 109, pp. F112-42.
4. Acemoglu, D. and Pischke, J.S. (1999b), "The structure of wages and investment in general training", Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 107, pp. 539-72.
5. von Bardeleben, R., Beicht, U. and Feher, K. (1995), Betriebliche Kosten und Nutzen der Ausbildung, Berichte zur beruflichen Bildung No. 187, Bielefeld.
6. Bender, S. and Dietrich, H. (1994), "Occupational mobility in Germany - from apprenticeship to labor market integration", Working Paper, Nuremberg.
7. Bender, S., Haas, A. and Klose, C. (2000), "IAB employment subsample 1975-1995", Opportunities for Analysis Provided by the Anonymised Subsample, IZA DP, No. 117.
8. Bougheas, S. and Georgellis, Y. (2001), "Apprenticeship training, earnings profiles and labor turnover: theory and German evidence", paper presented at the 2001 EALE conference.
9. Clark, D. (2000), "How transferable is German apprenticeship training?", paper presented at the IZA seminar, 14 November 2000.
10. Clark, D. (2001), "Why do German firms subsidize apprenticeship training? Tests of the asymmetric information and mobility cost explanations", Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 1/2001.
11. Dietrich, H. (2000), "Betriebliche Ausbildungsverhalten im Kontext der betrieblichen Altersstruktur", in George, R. and Struck, O. (Eds), Generationenaustausch im Unternehmen, Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, pp. 159-76.
12. Dustmann, C., Euwals, R. and van Soest, A. (1997), "Wages in the first job after apprenticeship: movers versus stayers", Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Vol. 30, pp. 671-4.
13. Fougère, D. and Schwerdt, W. (2001), "What is the marginal productivity of apprentices?", paper presented at the 2001 CEPR/IZA summer symposium in labor economics, Ammersee.
14. Franz, W. and Zimmermann, V. (1999), "Job mobility after apprenticeship training in West Germany", Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, (1+2), p. 219.
15. Franz, W., Inkmann, J., Pohlmeier, W. and Zimmermann, V. (2000), "Young and out in Germany: or the youth's chances of labor market entrance in Germany", in Blanch-flower, D. and Freeman, R. (Eds), Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, pp. 381-426.
16. Harhoff, D. and Kane, T.J. (1997), "Is the German apprenticeship system a panacea for the US labor market?", Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 171-96.
17. Lancaster, T. (1979), "Econometric methods for the duration of unemployment", Econometrica, Vol. 47, pp. 939-56.
18. Riphahn, R.T. (2002), "Residential location and youth unemployment: the economic geography of school-to-work transitions", Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 115-35.
19. Steedman, H. (1993), "The economics of youth training in Germany", Economic Journal, Vol. 103, pp. 1279-91.
20. Werwatz, A. (1996), "How firm-specific is German apprenticeship training?", Discussion Paper No. 96-12, SFB 373, HU Berlin.
21. Werwatz, A. (1997), "Mobility after apprenticeship - how effective is the German apprenticeship system?", Discussion Paper No. 97-55, SFB 373, HU Berlin.
22. Winkelmann, R. (1996a), "Employment prospectus and skill acquisition of apprenticeship-trained workers in Germany", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 658-72.
23. Winkelmann, R. (1996b), "Training, earnings, and mobility in Germany", Konjunkturpolitik, Vol. 42, pp. 275-98.