Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are increasingly relying on hybridization at the nexus of
vocational training and higher education to increase permeability and reform their highly …

Germany is widely known for its high-quality vocational education and training (VET) system.
The two key features of that system are (a) firm-based training programs accompanied by a …

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Abstract Austria, Germany and Switzerland are renowned for their extensive systems of
collective vocational skill formation, which, however, have developed largely in separation …

Entrepreneurship research has gravitated towards a singular focus on the Silicon Valley
model as the standard model of entrepreneurship. By contrast, some entrepreneurship …

Maurice Halbwachs und im Maison Suger der Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
in Paris sowie am Centre d'études et de recherche sur les qualifications (CEREQ) in …

This book explains how education policies offering improved transitions to work and higher-
level study can widen the gaps between successful and disadvantaged groups of young …

The German labour market has seen substantial structural changes, especially over the past
decades: there has been a major shift in labour market policy, the service industry is …

Education is a key determinant of wage development. The relationship between education
and wages is particularly strong in countries with vocationally oriented educational systems …

This study investigates the impact of the social distance between immigrants and Swiss
natives on wage inequalities. Social distance is assumed to be high when immigrants come …