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Apprenticeship Contracts, Small Enterprises, and Credit Markets in Ghana

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This article uses data from a 1992 survey of manufacturing enterprises in Ghana to describe the importance of apprenticeship in the manufacturing sector and analyze the structure of the contracts in which apprenticeship takes place. The article presents three major findings. First, the training of apprentices is both a widespread activity and a part of the training of a large fraction of entrepreneurs and manufacturing workers. Second, two primary types of contracts are apparent in the data: those in which apprentices pay fees for their training and those in which they do not. Third, for those firms training apprentices, the choice of contract type is strongly correlated with other characteristics of the firm, particularly in use of credit. Apprenticeship fees are one among many informal sources of firm finance. Copyright 1995 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Velenchik, Ann D, 1995. "Apprenticeship Contracts, Small Enterprises, and Credit Markets in Ghana," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 9(3), pages 451-475, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:9:y:1995:i:3:p:451-75
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    1. Breyer, Julika., 2007. "Financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships : determinants and effects: findings from urban Ghana," ILO Working Papers 994106333402676, International Labour Organization.
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    10. World Bank, 2004. "Senegal - Policies and Strategies for Accelerated Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Economic Memorandum," World Bank Publications - Reports 14716, The World Bank Group.

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