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Autor/inn/en | Jansen, Anika; Strupler Leiser, Mirjam; Wenzelmann, Felix; Wolter, Stefan C. |
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Institution | Universität Zürich / Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik |
Titel | The effect of labor market regulations on training behavior and quality. The German labor market reform as a natural experiment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Wirkungen von Arbeitsmarktregulierung auf Ausbildungsverhalten und -qualität. Die Arbeitsmarktreform in Deutschland als natürliches Experiment. |
Quelle | Zürich (2012), 21 S.
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Reihe | Leading House working paper. 83 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Bildung; Erfolgskontrolle; Reformpolitik; Allokation; Humankapitaltheorie; Investition; Kostensenkung; Rentabilität; Berufsausbildung; Arbeitskraft; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsproduktivität; Kündigungsschutz; Ausbildungskosten; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Auswirkung; Institution; Auszubildender; Deutschland; Schweiz |
Abstract | Labor market frictions are seen in many extensions of the classical human capital theory as a prerequisite for firms financing general training. The labor market reforms in Germany at the beginning of the millennium have therefore been seen by many as a danger to the firms' willingness to support the apprenticeship training system. This paper analyzes the training strategies German firms deployed to cope with the greater labor market flexibility as a result of the labor market reform. Switzerland where no reforms had taken place serves as the counterfactual. The results show that firms successfully reduced the net-costs of training by involving apprentices in more work and reducing non-productive tasks, like practicing. Contrary to the widespread fear, this adapted training strategy resulted also in a substantial increase in work-related competencies and productivity of apprentices. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 2015/3 |