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Modernization of vocational training curricula and technology adoption in firms: a descriptive analysis with German data
This paper summarizes results of a project that tries to examine how the revision of vocational training (apprentic ... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Vocational education and training; Technology ... [+] Show more
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Benefits of apprenticeship training and future challenges: empirical results and lessons from Switzerland and Germany
Apprenticeship training has gained increased attention worldwide due to record highs of youth unemployment. Followi ... Show more
Date: 2014
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany; Switzerland
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Outcomes; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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Career entry and success after tertiary vocational education
Using the Swiss Graduate Survey, [the authors] study how the type of tertiary education an individual chooses (i.e. ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Switzerland; Europe
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Outcomes; Employment; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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Technological change and employer-provided training: evidence from German establishments
There is a wide range of theoretical and empirical analyses suggesting that technological change has increased the ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Research; Economics ... [+] Show more
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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations
Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Economics; Skills and knowledge; Labour market ... [+] Show more
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The strength of gender norms and gender-stereotypical occupational aspirations among adolescents
We test the hypothesis that adolescents' occupational aspirations are more gender-stereotypical if they live in reg ... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Switzerland; Europe
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Gender; Youth; Students ... [+] Show more
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Do preferences and biases predict life outcomes?: evidence from education and labor market entry decisions
Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to ... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Switzerland; Europe
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Students; Youth; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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The value of specific skills in a globalized world: evidence from international trade shocks
This paper examines whether and, if so, how workers' earnings after trade shocks depend on occupational specificity ... Show more
Date: 2019
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Labour market; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Apprentice pay in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: institutions, market forces, market power
Although trainee pay is central to the economics of work-based training, institutionalists have paid it little atte ... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany; Great Britain ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Youth; Finance ... [+] Show more
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Specificity of occupational training and occupational mobility: an empirical study based on Lazear's skill-weights approach
According to standard human capital theory, firm financed training cannot be explained if skills are of general nat ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Switzerland
Resource type: Government report or paper
Series name: Swiss Leading House working paper
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Economics; Labour market