Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment.

Autor/inn/en	Thomsen, Stephan L.; Trunzer, Johannes
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Hat der Bologna-Prozess das deutsche Ausbildungssystem in Frage gestellt? Erkenntnisse aus einem natürlichen Experiment.
Quelle	(2020), 64 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 13806
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stichprobe; Arbeitsmarkt; Biografie; Auszubildender; Stichprobe; Studium; Auswirkung; Studienberechtigter; Berufsbildungssystem; Bologna-Prozess; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufsbildungssystem; Ausbildungswahl; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Studium; Bologna-Prozess; Studienberechtigter; Auswirkung; Biografie; Auszubildender
Abstract	"Starting in 1999, the Bologna Process reformed the German five-year study system for a first degree into the three-year bachelor's (BA) system to harmonize study lengths in Europe and improve competitiveness. This reform unintentionally challenged the German apprenticeship system that offers three-year professional training for the majority of school leavers. Approximately 29% of new apprentices are university-eligible graduates from academic-track schools. We evaluate the effects of the Bologna reform on new highly educated apprentices using a generalized difference-in-differences design based on detailed administrative student and labor market data. Our estimates show that the average regional expansion in first-year BA students decreased the number of new highly educated apprentices by 3%'5%; average treatment effects on those indecisive at school graduation range between '18% and '29%. We reveal substantial gender and occupational heterogeneity: males in STEM apprenticeships experienced the strongest negative effects. The reform aggravated the skills shortage in the economy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/2