🚀 What helps young people get a strong start in the labor market?
Stronger skills help young people start in better training firms. Stronger math skills pay off after graduation — with higher returns for those with stronger social skills.
📄 Paper: https://t.co/mk1fnkNZF9
The second day of the Second International Leading House Conference on the “Economics of Vocational Education and Training” at University of Zurich (@UZH_en) has been engaging. (https://t.co/RsOUHudI6y )
The Impact of Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers on Apprenticeship Training: A Comparative Study | Manuel Aepli @SamMuehlemann Harald Pfeifer, Jürg Schweri, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolte
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Manuel Aepli, @SamMuehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, @SchweriJurg, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan Wolter identify a hiring cost elasticity of apprenticeship contracts for Swiss firms, meaning that firms facing a tightness-related increase in hiring costs in turn train more apprentices.
In new research we find that German firms adjust hiring standards, not wages, in response to labor market tightness, which affects pre- and post-match hiring costs: https://t.co/0pxQepEqm4 #SkilledWorkerShortages#HiringStandards#HiringCosts
In new research, we find that Swiss firms strongly expand apprenticeship training if tight labor markets make hiring more costly. German firms also react, but less so: @iza_bonn https://t.co/ATA86kydjI #Apprenticeships#HiringCosts
Have a paper on Economics of Vocational Education? Submit it to the 2nd International Leading House Conference on “Economics of Vocational Education & Training” @ Zurich University, 12-14 June 2024.
Informations & Submissions (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
https://t.co/DLH5gYWI6u
Today's article: "Evaluating apprenticeship training programs for firms" by @SamMuehlemann from
@LMU_Muenchen and Harald Pfeifer from @BIBB_de.
They found out that cost–benefit surveys of employers help design more effective training policies.
Read more:
https://t.co/SH3CCTogbF
Are you a (beginning) doctoral student in Economics of Education? If yes, apply now for the Leading House VPET-ECON (@LH_VPET_ECON) “Course Program for Doctoral Students in Economics of Education”. Application deadline is November 15, 2023!
Learn more:
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Last days to submit to International Conference on Vocational Education and Training. Want to present your research in Switzerland in June? Submit until Feb. 28, 2022.
My paper "Business Cycles and Apprenticeships" (joint with Stefan Wolter) is now out in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Business cycle effects are moderate on average, but there is substantial heterogeneity across countries: https://t.co/ZiHUtJODho
Our paper on supply shocks in the market for apprenticeship training is now out in the Economics of Education Review.
Positive supply shocks due to a school reform in Germany led to more apprenticeships contracts, but had no effects on apprentice wages https://t.co/DeEt3CN7K7
Are you a (beginning) doctoral student in Economics of Education? If yes, apply now for the Leading House VPET-ECON (@LH_VPET_ECON) course program for doctoral students in economics of education. Application deadline is November 15, 2021! Learn more:
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Lehren aus #Corona für Nachfrage nach Auszubildenden in DE:
1) Subventionen für Ausbildungsplätze ineffizient, weil zu breit gestreut & zu gering
2) Künftige Nachfragestabilisierung durch Flexibilisierung von schulischen & betrieblichen Ausbildungszeiten
https://t.co/K2u6rFktm9