Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE 16 to 24) programme.

Institution	Großbritannien / Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Titel	Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE 16 to 24) programme. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Evaluation der Ausbildungszuschüsse für Arbeitgeber (Alter 16 bis 24).
Quelle	London (2013), 142 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	BIS research paper. 157
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Verhalten; Arbeitgeber; Ausländer; Erfolgskontrolle; Großbritannien; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Auszubildender; Verhalten; Behinderung; Subventionspolitik; Altersstruktur; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsabschluss; Erfolgskontrolle; Altersstruktur; Migrationshintergrund; Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Subventionspolitik; Ausbildungsplatzförderung; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Ausbildungsquote; Migrationshintergrund; Behinderung; Förderungsgrundsatz; Geschlechterverteilung; Arbeitgeber; Ausländer; Auszubildender; Behinderter; Jugendlicher; Junger Erwachsener; Großbritannien
Abstract	There is a substantial history of programmes, within the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere in the world, which use public funds to stimulate the creation of Apprenticeships, particularly in difficult economic conditions when employers are cautious about investing in training. In February 2012, when over a million young people were unemployed, the government introduced an incentive for employers to take on up to three young Apprentices aged 16 to 24. This was the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds, or 'AGE 16 to 24'. The incentive comprised a £1,500 grant per Apprentice over and above the subsidy to the cost of training (100 per cent subsidy for Apprentices aged 16-18 and 50 per cent for those aged 19-24). The new grant would be available for up to 40,000 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 250 employees which were new to Apprenticeship (defined as never having had an Apprentice nor having taking on an Apprentice in the last 3 years). This criterion for eligibility was to encourage new or lapsed employers into Apprenticeship and to increase programme additionality (that is, to ensure that as many as possible of the Apprentices created as a result of the AGE 16 to 24 incentive would not have been created in its absence). The subsidy would be paid in two instalments of £750 each, at 8 weeks and 12 months into the Apprenticeship. The arrangement was intended both to assist employers with the early costs of the Apprenticeship and to encourage retention. The programme also had objectives to distribute the AGE 16 to 24 grant such that at least 50 per cent of assisted Apprenticeships would be for Apprentices aged between 16 and 18 and that at least 50 per cent would be taken up by small businesses employing 50 or fewer people. At the end of August 2012, partly as a result of early evaluation findings and partly in response to other direct feedback from various parties involved in the delivery of the AGE 16 to 24 programme, a number of adjustments were made to its delivery: the 'not in the last 3 years' criterion was reduced to 'not in the last year'; eligibility was extended to employers with up to 1,000 employees; the maximum number of Apprentices supported by the AGE 16 to 24 grant who could be taken on by any one employer was raised from three to ten; and the two-stage payment system was changed to one in which the employer received the full £1,500 grant as a single payment when the Apprentice (or Apprentices) had been in learning for 13 weeks. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ".
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/3