Why do firms train apprentices? : The net cost puzzle reconsidered

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas

Why do firms train apprentices? : The net cost puzzle reconsidered

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Datum

2008

Autor:innen

Mohrenweiser, Jens

Zwick, Thomas

Open Access-Veröffentlichung

Open Access Green

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Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Publikationstyp

Working Paper/Technical Report

Publikationsstatus

Published

Zusammenfassung

This paper investigates the short-term costs and benefits of apprenticeship training in Germany. It calls into question the popular stylised fact that apprenticeship training always leads to net costs during the apprenticeship period. We analyse the impact of the proportion of different occupational groups of apprentices on firm performance. We use representative matched employer employee panel data that allow us to correct for different sources of estimation bias. We show that the proportion of apprentices in trade, commercial, craft and construction occupations has a direct positive impact on firm performance: the companies cover their training costs immediately. In contrast, companies with apprentices in the manufacturing occupations face net training costs during the apprenticeship period but gain by the long-term employment of its graduate apprentices.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

330 Wirtschaft

Schlagwörter

Panelschätzung, Apprenticeship training, performance, panel data estimation

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MOHRENWEISER, Jens, Thomas ZWICK, 2008. Why do firms train apprentices? : The net cost puzzle reconsidered

BibTex

@techreport{Mohrenweiser2008firms-12124,
  year={2008},
  series={Diskussionspapiere der DFG-Forschergruppe Heterogene Arbeit},
  title={Why do firms train apprentices? : The net cost puzzle reconsidered},
  number={08,05},
  author={Mohrenweiser, Jens and Zwick, Thomas}
}

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