How young workers get their training: A survey of Germany versus the United States

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How young workers get their training: A survey of Germany versus the United States

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Rainer Winkelmann () (University of Canterbury, Department of Economics, PB4800, Christchurch, New Zealand)

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Abstract

The recent economic literature on the incidence of various forms of post-secondary on-the-job and off-the-job training in Germany and the United States, as well as on the effects of training on wages, inequality, and labor mobility is surveyed. Young workers in Germany receive substantially more company-based (apprenticeship) training than United States workers. In the United States, high turnover deters firms from investing in general skills while it results in improved job matches. The received literature consents that key institutional elements required to make the German apprenticeship system work are absent in the United States.

JEL classification: I2, J3, J24

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Population Economics.

Volume (Year): 10 (1997)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 159-170
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Note: Received December 14, 1995 / Accepted February 19, 1996 received literature consents that key institutional elements required to make the German apprenticeship system work are absent in the United States. JEL classification: I2, J3, J24
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I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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Bornemann, Stefan, 2005. "Spillovers in Vocational Training," Discussion Papers in Economics 693, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
Alda, Holger & Bellmann, Lutz & Gartner, Hermann, 2005. "Wage structure and labour mobility in the West German private sector 1993-2000," IAB Discussion Paper 200518, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]. [Downloadable!]
Wolfgang Franz & Joachim Inkmann & Winfried Pohlmeier & Volker Zimmermann, 1997. "Young and Out in Germany: On the Youths' Chances of Labor Market Entrance in Germany," NBER Working Papers 6212, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Steven McIntosh, 1999. "A Cross-Country Comparison of the Determinants of Vocational Training," CEP Discussion Papers dp0432, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
Schröder, Lena, 2004. "The role of youth programmes in the transition from school to work," Working Paper Series 2004:5, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation. [Downloadable!]
Andrew Sharpe & James Gibson, 2005. "The Apprenticeship System in Canada: Trends and Issues," CSLS Research Reports 2005-04, Centre for the Study of Living Standards. [Downloadable!]
Anette Boom, . "Firms' Investments in General Training and the Market for Skilled Labour," Papers 013, Departmental Working Papers. [Downloadable!]
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- Boom, A., 2001. "Firm's Investment in General Training and the Market for Skilled Labour," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 1101, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.

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