Even today, vocational education and training (VET) in Germany is often equated with dual training. School-based VET can be seen as second-class in two senses: it is rarely noticed by the public and academia; however, if it comes into view, it is often assumed that the (predominantly female) youths …
About 50% of apprenticeship training graduates start their working life with a low pay job. The empirical study shows that just a minority of these well qualified job starters manages to find a better-paid job within the first few years after graduation. In contrast, labor market entrants whose firs…
