This paper reviews empirical evidence, especially from Europe, on how education and
training policies can be designed to advance both efficiency and equity. Returns to …

The existing empirical evidence on the relationship between apprenticeships, initial
workplace training and economic downturns, is relatively scarce. The bottom line of this …

Purpose–“What kinds of internships are possible?”“How should we decide whether to utilize
internships, and if so, how can we ensure they will pay off?” The purpose of this paper is to …

Apprenticeship varies greatly across countries, in terms of both quantity (numbers trained)
and quality (skill content); and across sectors and occupations within countries, in terms of …

A firm's decision to engage in apprenticeship training is to a large extent determined by the
cost-benefit ratio of such an investment compared to other alternatives of securing skilled …

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data
set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training …

Ce chapitre décrit l'évaluation par l'OCDE des politiques de formation professionnelle,
l'évaluation réalisée en Suisse, résume les principales caractéristiques du système suisse …

In this paper we analyze the training behavior of firms in Germany and Switzerland—two
countries with a comparable apprenticeship system but strong differences in the regulation …

David Glauser untersucht die Frage nach den Ursachen von Ungleichheiten nach sozialer
Herkunft, Geschlecht und Migrationshintergrund in der Bildungsentscheidung beim …

This article analyses how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labour market
affect a firm's supply of training. Using administrative survey data with detailed information …