The effect of labor market regulations on training behavior and quality. The German labor market reform as a natural experiment.

Autor/inn/en	Jansen, Anika; Strupler Leiser, Mirjam; Wenzelmann, Felix; Wolter, Stefan C.
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. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
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