While the German system of vocational training is highly acknowledged outside Germany, young people and public opinion in Germany increasingly see the system as obsolete. The paper addresses these opinions and takes stock of the system based on several facts and figures. First, the paper critically …
The paper assesses non-training firm's potential for free-riding on the training efforts of firms that train apprentices. In order to assess potential free-riding, the paper analyses whether training or non-training firms are more likely to recruit apprenticeship graduates that have been trained els…
This article compares the development of the collective skill formation systems in Germany and Austria from an historical-institutionalist perspective. It highlights that in both countries craft policy decisively impacted on the collectivisation of vocational training while industrial relations and …
