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The Transformation of Industrial Apprenticeship in the United States

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Between the 1880s and 1930s, apprenticeship was transformed from an institution dominated by employers to one dominated by unions. Prior to this transformation, employers leveraged their ability to hire, fire, and discipline at will by requiring apprentices to post forfeitable performance bonds. Despite their financial interest in the resolution of contract disputes, employers who withheld employees' bonds judged their own cases. Agency theory helps explain the use and abuse of bonding schemes and their role in the subsequent transformation of apprenticeship.

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  • Jacoby, Daniel, 1991. "The Transformation of Industrial Apprenticeship in the United States," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(4), pages 887-910, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:51:y:1991:i:04:p:887-910_04
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    1. Natalia Aivazova, 2013. "Role of Apprenticeships in Combating Youth Unemployment in Europe and the United States," Policy Briefs PB13-20, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    2. Dicke, Hugo & Glismann, Hans H., 1996. "Schnittstellen zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft im System der beruflichen Bildung in Deutschland," Kiel Working Papers 748, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    3. Gillian Hamilton, 1999. "The Decline of Apprenticeship in North America: Evidence from Montreal," Working Papers hamiltng-99-01, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
    4. Peter B. Doeringer & Pacey Foster & Stephan Manning & David Terkla, 2013. "Project-based industries and craft-like production: structure, location and performance," Chapters, in: Frank Giarratani & Geoffrey J.D. Hewings & Philip McCann (ed.), Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography, chapter 4, pages 99-151, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. Dicke, Hugo & Glismann, Hans H. & Siemßen, Sönke J., 1994. "Vocational training in Germany," Kiel Working Papers 622, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).

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