How large is the firm-specific component of German apprenticeship training?

Autor/inn/en	Pfeifer, Harald; Schönfeld, Gudrun; Wenzelmann, Felix
Titel	How large is the firm-specific component of German apprenticeship training?
Quelle	In: Empirical research in vocational education and training, 3 (2011) 2, S. 85-104Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1877-6337; 1877-6345
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-82545
Schlagwörter	Erhebung; Determinante; Betriebsgröße; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Berufsfeld; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung
Abstract	"In this paper, we use unique firm-level data to calculate a monetary value of the firm-specific component of German apprenticeship training. We do this by comparing the initial productivities and wages of externally recruited and internally trained workers in the same job, occupation and firm. We argue that the resources needed to increase the productivity of externally recruited workers to the level of internally trained workers are an adequate measure of the firm specificity of training. We also calculate the firm-specific component as a share of total investment in human capital during apprenticeship training. Our results support the view that German apprenticeship training is mainly general, with an average specific share of 12% of total human capital investments. The share, however, increases with firm size and differs between occupational fields." (Autorenreferat, BIBB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn
Update	2012/3