Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Countries with a strong emphasis on vocational education in their education and innovation systems, such as Germany and Switzerland, have been among the most innovative ones for years. At the same time, interna­tional innovation research argues that a large percentage of academic graduates (rather t…

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The unemployment among young people in Germany is one of the lowest in Europe. Notably, the relation between the unemployment rate among young people and the standard unemployment rate is rather low compared to other EU member states. How can this phenomenon be explained? We show, that the German vo…

Considerable improvements in the measurement of costs and benefits of apprenticeship training from the perspective of training companies have been made in the past few years. They have helped to better understand, why some firms train and others do not. With these micro-data sets we are also able to…

Considerable improvements in the measurement of costs and benefits of apprenticeship training from the perspective of training companies have been made in the past few years. They have helped to better understand, why some firms train and others do not. With these micro-data sets we are also able to…