Continuous training in Germany

Nonparametric bounds on employment and income effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany

This paper explores the potential of an approach suggested by Manski of obtaining nonparametric bounds for treatment effects in evaluation studies without knowledge of the participation process. The practical concern is the effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany. The empirical application is based ~n a large cross-section that covers about 0.6% of the total population in 1993...

An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany

An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany This study analyses the effects of public-sector-sponsored continuous vocational training and retraining in East Germany after unification with West Germany in 1990. It presents econometric estimates of the average gains from training participation in terms of employment probabilities, earnings, and...

Training in psychiatry and psychotherapy in Germany.

In Germany, medical students need six years before they are allowed to work as medical doctors or before they begin their specialist training. The first two years are mostly devoted to basic training (e.g. anatomy, biochemistry, physiology). During the clinical years, only a limited time is devoted to psychiatry. In a compulsory psychiatry course, students learn the basics of diagnosis and ther...

Teacher training for vocational schools in Germany

Training programmes in internal medicine: Germany.

Despite differences from one country to another, training programmes for an internal medicine specialist have several common denominators, starting with real hospital responsibilities, a feature which is a fundamental necessity. These responsibilities are guaranteed by institutions which are called, depending on the country, "internat des h6pitaux, assistanat, or clinicat." This training must b...