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Personnel policy adjustments when apprentice positions are unfilled

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  • Tina Hinz

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Purpose - German establishments face increasing difficulties in filling their apprentice positions. Thus, firms are less able to train (and later retain) their own skilled workforce. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the firms’ personnel policy adjustments in response to unfilled apprentice positions. Design/methodology/approach - To estimate the within-firm personnel policy adjustments when unfilled apprentice positions arise, fixed effects panel estimations are applied to a large German establishment-level data set, the IAB Establishment Panel (2008–2016). Findings - The estimates indicate that some firms post slightly more apprentice positions in the period after facing unfilled apprentice positions. Moreover, the results reveal that affected craft establishments in urban regions retain more apprenticeship graduates. Besides of these findings, there are no indications of emphasised personnel policy adjustments. Practical implications - The multivariate results do not support the claim that training firms may abstain from apprenticeship training when facing unfilled apprentice positions. Originality/value - The study shows first evidence of firms’ personnel policy adjustments when apprentice positions remain vacant in Germany, a country with a traditionally high relevance of apprenticeship training.

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  • Tina Hinz, 2019. "Personnel policy adjustments when apprentice positions are unfilled," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 40(5), pages 958-978, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijmpps:ijm-03-2018-0105
    DOI: 10.1108/IJM-03-2018-0105
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    Cited by:

    1. Muehlemann, Samuel & Dietrich, Hans & Pfann, Gerard & Pfeifer, Harald, 2022. "Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    2. tobias König & thomas Brenner, 2022. "Skill shortages and industry clusters – Empirical evidence from German establishment data," IAW Discussion Papers 140, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW).

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