Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2025)
Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the characteristics of firms that influence their hiring decisions regarding the share of newly hired apprentices with Abitur and maximum lower secondary certificates. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses 2,004 training firms of the BIBB Qualificat…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2023)
Purpose: Diversity in entrepreneurship has become a noteworthy topic of research since consistent differences – and few similarities, if any – exist among entrepreneurial profiles. The present paper aims to compare different entrepreneurial profiles managing innovation processes in new technology-ba…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2022)
Purpose: This paper investigates the relationship between labour hoarding practices and training investments during severe economic downturns focusing on the case of Italy during the Great Recession. Design/methodology/approach: Data come from the 2010 Italian wave of Continuing Vocational Training …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2021)
Purpose: Entrepreneurship is promoted as a solution to high rates of youth unemployment around the world and especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper investigates the potential for youth entrepreneurship to alleviate unemployment, focusing on Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia. Desig…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of traineeships as an active labour policy for young people in Italy. The role of traineeships as a formative experience for improving youth employment is stated by law and the specific evaluation of the regional Quality Traineeships Pro…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2019)
Purpose: Youth unemployment is one of the major problems that the economic systems face. Given this issue, the purpose of this paper is to assess whether school-to-work transition is easier for individuals with secondary vocational education compared to general secondary education. The authors want …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2019)
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 pos…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative estimates on the impact of active labour market policy (ALMP) on youth unemployment in Europe based on a macroeconomic panel data set of youth unemployment, ALMP and education policy variables and further country-specific characteristics …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether labour market entry via temporary work has any (persistent) effects on labour market outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Using unique data on several cohorts of graduates from the German apprenticeship system, the authors interpret labo…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect of mobility on the apprentices’ wages. Design/methodology/approach: Using a French longitudinal survey concerned with young people’s entry into the labor market and their subsequent employment trajectories, this paper estimates the impact …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how long-run unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of their training firm and their ability. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a large administrative data set that follows graduated apprentices during their working life. Th…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2014)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of training activity on labor productivity in a panel of Italian firms. Design/methodology/approach – The use of a large panel data of individual firms allows the author to properly account for the possible endogeneity of training act…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2014)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between human capital depreciation and education level, with an emphasis on potential differences between general and specific education. Design/methodology/approach – A nonlinear wage equation, based on Arrazola and de Hevia’s (2004) mo…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2010)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent and the human-capital determinants of low-wage mobility for labour market entrants in the UK and Germany. Design/methodology/approach: Using panel data for the UK (BHPS) and Germany (GSOEP), a competing-risks duration model is applied t…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2006)
Purpose – Seeks to examine the extent to which education systems around the world embrace vocational schooling and the degree to which exposure to vocational schooling differs by gender and race. Design/methodology/approach – Uses distributional analysis applied to cross-country data from Unesco to …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2004)
While the structural changes that have taken place in the labour markets of the industrialised world over the past decades are well documented, less is known about how individuals respond to this changing environment. This includes the extent of intersectoral mobility during the work career, skill d…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2004)
In Austria, the apprenticeship system provides all citizens, including the less able among them, with a training option. Based on social security data, this article examines earnings and the stability of the occupational career of young workers with an apprenticeship diploma. As control groups, work…
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2004)
This paper analyses why in Germany and The Netherlands the share of apprentices in the business service sector is lower than in other economic sectors. A theoretical introduction surveys the potential reasons that could be responsible for this. The subsequent empirical analysis shows that the level …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2002)
There has recently been a strong drive to develop apprenticeship in France, as one means of decreasing youth unemployment. Our aim in this paper is to try to measure the "pure" within-firm training effect on school-to-work transition. We address the problem of the transition to the first job, using …
Published:International Journal of Manpower
(2000)
Compares labour market transitions of young people in Germany and Italy using panel data from the GSOKP and the SHIW. The aim is to investigate whether there are significant cross-country differences in the patterns of labour market entrance and whether explanatory factors can be identified. The ana…
