How Transferable is German Apprenticeship Training?
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Both the effectiveness of German Apprenticeship Training (GAT) and the reasons why firms voluntarily subsidise it hinge on how transferable it is. Describing the regulations surrounding GAT and examining the effects of post-apprenticeship mobility on wages and skill use using German panel data, we show that GAT is transferable within a broad vocational field (e.g. a 1-digit occupational group). This suggests that work-based routes to skills can be effective and provides a rationale for the finding that German firms are more likely to offer apprenticeship training when there are fewer local firms operating in the same industry.
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