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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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44 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17367
AI Adoption and Workplace Training
Samuel Mühlemann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17225
Age Discrimination, Apprenticeship Training and Hiring: Evidence from a Scenario Experiment
Axana Dalle, Toon Wybo, Stijn Baert, Dieter Verhaest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16919
The Impact of Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers on Apprenticeship Training: A Comparative Study
Manuel Aepli, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Jürg Schweri, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16652
How Negative Labor Supply Shocks Affect Training in Firms: Lessons from Opening the Swiss-German Border
Caroline Neuber-Pohl, Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Sandra Dummert, Harald Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16607
Reaching for Gold! The Impact of a Positive Reputation Shock on Career Choice
Daniel Goller, Stefan C. Wolter
forthcoming in: European Economic Review, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15902
Train Drain? Access to Foreign Workers and Firms' Provision of Training
Maria Esther Oswald-Egg, Michael Siegenthaler
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102436
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15679
The Geography of Occupational Choice: Empirical Evidence from the Swiss Apprenticeship Market
Andreas Kuhn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15154
Sources of Wage Growth
Jérôme Adda, Christian Dustmann
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (2), 456 - 503
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14675
Is Being Competitive Always an Advantage? Degrees of Competitiveness, Gender, and Premature Work Contract Termination
Samuel Lüthi, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14345
"Too Shocked to Search": The COVID-19 Shutdowns' Impact on the Search for Apprenticeships
Daniel Goller, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2021,157, 6 (2021)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13806
Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer
revised version published online in: Journal of Human Capital, 11 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13368
The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19
Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Bernhard Wittek
published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020, 12, Article 8 (2020)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13154
Apprenticeship and Youth Unemployment
Pierre Cahuc, Jeremy Hervelin
published as 'The effect of workplace vs school-based vocational education on youth unemployment: Evidence from France' in: European Economic Review, 2024, 162, 104637
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12793
Direct and Indirect Effects of Subsidized Dual Apprenticeships
Bruno Crépon, Patrick Premand
published online in: Review of Economic Studies, rdae094, 10 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12479
Open Labor Markets and Firms’ Substitution between Training Apprentices and Hiring Workers
Manuel Aepli, Andreas Kuhn
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101979
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12159
Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training
Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri, Stefan C. Wolter
revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 75, 102226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11374
Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof?
Samuel Lüthi, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 156, Article number: 3 (2020)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11312
The Shelf Life of Incumbent Workers during Accelerating Technological Change: Evidence from a Training Regulation Reform
Simon Janssen, Jens Mohrenweiser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11264
The Effects of Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeships: Evidence from a German High School Reform
Samuel Mühlemann, Gerard A. Pfann, Harald Pfeifer, Hans Dietrich
published as 'Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training' in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 86, 102197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11081
So Similar and Yet So Different: A Comparative Analysis of a Firm's Cost and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training in Austria and Switzerland
Luca Moretti, Martin Mayerl, Samuel Mühlemann, Peter Schlögl, Stefan C. Wolter
published as 'So similar and yet so different: A firm's net costs and post-training benefits from apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland' in: Evidence Based HRM, 2019, 7 (2), 229-246.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10766
The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships
Andrea Albanese, Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Leonardi
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73 (1), 98 - 121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10298
Vocational vs. General Education and Employment over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC
Franziska Hampf, Ludger Woessmann
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2017, 63 (3), 255-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9828
Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy
David de la Croix, Matthias Doepke, Joel Mokyr
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133 (1), 1-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9813
Does Less Wage Compression Lead to Less Training in Germany? An Expansion of Acemoglu and Pischke's Model of Training in Imperfect Labor Markets
Renate Neubäumer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9806
Size of Training Firms: The Role of Firms, Luck, and Ability in Young Workers' Careers
Steffen Müller, Renate Neubäumer
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (5), 658-673
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9697
The Effect of Choice Options in Training Curricula on the Supply of and Demand for Apprenticeships
Anika Jansen, Andries de Grip, Ben Kriechel
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 57, 52-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9646
Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Social Public Procurement Policy: The Case of the Swiss Apprenticeship Training System
Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Labour, 2017, 31 (2), 204-222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9006
Mobility across Firms and Occupations among Graduates from Apprenticeship
Bernd Fitzenberger, Stefanie Licklederer, Hanna Zwiener
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7719
Does Apprenticeship Improve Job Opportunities? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Matteo Picchio, Stefano Staffolani
published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 56 (1), 23-60
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7408
Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training: Constraints on Women and Drop-Out Behavior
Yoon Y. Cho, Davie Kalomba, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Victor Orozco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6497
Works Councils, Collective Bargaining and Apprenticeship Training
Ben Kriechel, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Miriam Schuette
published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 66 (5), 1095-1112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6344
Hiring Costs of Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training
Marc Blatter, Samuel Mühlemann, Samuel Schenker, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (1), 238-257
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6309
Vocational High School or Vocational College? Comparing the Transitions from School to Work
Cristina Lopez-Mayan, Catia Nicodemo
revised version published as 'The Transition from Vocational Education to Work: Evidence from Spain' in: Revista de Economia Aplicada, 2015, 67(23), 93-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6083
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann, Lei Zhang
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (1), 48-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4460
Apprenticeship Training and the Business Cycle
Samuel Mühlemann, Stefan C. Wolter, Adrian Wüest
published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2009, 1(2), 173-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4326
The Effect of Economic Downturns on Apprenticeships and Initial Workplace Training: A Review of the Evidence
Giorgio Brunello
published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2009, 1(2), 145-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3465
Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Regina Dionisius, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2009, 55(1), 7-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2582
The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries
Glenda Quintini, John P. Martin, Sébastien Martin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2260
Career Progression and Formal versus On-the-Job Training
Jérôme Adda, Christian Dustmann, Costas Meghir, Jean-Marc Robin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1766
Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among Young Workers
Bernd Fitzenberger, Astrid Kunze
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2005, 21(3), 392-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 916
Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
Stefan C. Wolter, Samuel Mühlemann, Jürg Schweri
published in: German Economic Review, 2006, 7(3), 249-264
IZA Discussion Paper No. 436
The Evolution of the Early Career Gender Wage Gap
Astrid Kunze
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (1), 73-97
IZA Discussion Paper No. 425
Successful Apprenticeship-to-Work Transitions: On the Long-Term Change in Significance of the German School-Leaving Certificate
Felix Büchel
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2002, 23 (5), 394-410
IZA Discussion Paper No. 378
The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship
Damon Clark, René Fahr
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