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Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not

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dc.creator Wolter, Stefan C.
dc.creator Mühlemann, Samuel
dc.creator Schweri, Juerg
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:09:04Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:09:04Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20152
dc.identifier ppn:372815898
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20152
dc.description The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their apprenticeship on the basis of the productive contribution of the work they perform. Given this outcome, it is worth investigating why so many firms choose not to train apprentices. Maximum likelihood selection models were used to estimate the net cost of training for firms without an apprenticeship programme. The models show, firstly, that non-training firms would incur significantly higher net cost during the apprenticeship period if they would switch to a training policy and secondly, that this less favourable cost-benefit ratio is determined less by cost than by absence of benefit. For the apprenticeship system as such the results indicate, that as long as training regulations and the market situation permit a cost effective training of apprentices, companies do not need specific labour market regulations or institutions to offer training posts. In this respect, the Swiss findings might be of interest for the on-going German discussion about the expected repercussions of a more general labour market deregulation on the apprenticeship training system.
dc.language eng
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 916
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J44
dc.subject J31
dc.subject J24
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject apprenticeship training
dc.subject firm-sponsored training
dc.subject cost-benefit analysis
dc.subject Betriebliche Berufsausbildung
dc.subject Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
dc.subject Auszubildende
dc.subject Arbeitsproduktivität
dc.subject Berufsbildungspolitik
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Schweiz
dc.title Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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