Apprenticeship non-completion in Germany: a money matter?

German establishments heavily rely on the apprenticeship system for skill supply. With one in four apprenticeship contracts ending before successful completion, it is in the interest of establishments and policy-makers to determine factors, which reduce non-completion. This paper investigates the role of apprenticeship wages and income prospects after completion for apprenticeship non-completion in Germany. For this purpose, this study identifies incidences of apprenticeship non-completion in a large sample of administrative data on employment biographies and estimates a piecewise exponential ... Show more

Authors: Neuber-Pohl, Caroline

Published: London, England, SpringerOpen, 2021

Resource type: Article

Access item: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-021-00115-1

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