The effect of economic downturns on apprenticeships and initial workplace training. A review of the evidence.

Autor/in	Brunello, Giorgio
Titel	The effect of economic downturns on apprenticeships and initial workplace training. A review of the evidence.
Quelle	In: Empirical research in vocational education and training, 1 (2009) 2, S. 145-171Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1877-6337
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-51626
Schlagwörter	Bildungsökonomie; Konjunktur; Rezession; Wirtschaftskrise; Übergang Ausbildung - Beruf; Ausbildungsmarkt; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Konjunkturabhängigkeit; Welt; Auszubildender; Deutschland; Dänemark; Großbritannien; Irland; Niederlande; Österreich
Abstract	The existing empirical evidence on the relationship between apprenticeships, initial workplace training and economic downturns, is relatively scarce. The bottom line of this literature is that ratio of apprentices to employees tends to be (mildly) pro-cyclical and to decline during a recession, with the notable exception of the Great Depression, when it rose (at least in England). When broader measures of training are considered, which exclude apprentices, the weight of the evidence is in favour of counter-cyclical training incidence. This paper suggests that a possible reconciliation of these findings is based on recognizing that firms may have incentives to train incumbents during a downturn and at the same time to reduce the recruitment and training of young employees, who are engaged in the transition from school to work. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2012/2