TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Neuber-Pohl, Caroline
AU  - Pregaldini, Damiano
AU  - Backes-Gellner, Uschi
AU  - Dummert, Sandra
AU  - Pfeifer, Harald
        TI  - How Negative Labor Supply Shocks Affect Training in Firms: Lessons from Opening the Swiss-German Border
        PY  - 2023/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16652
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16652
        AB  - By exploiting a labor market reform causing an outflow of German workers to Switzerland, we examine the effect of negative labor supply shocks on training in firms using the market for apprenticeships as an example. Analysis of administrative data reveals that the reform led to more apprentices in German firms despite a decrease in apprentice wages. This can be explained by a standard two-factor production model where firms substitute outflowing skilled workers with more apprentices; setting lower wages is possible because of a rising supply of apprentices owing to substantially improved employment prospects after border openings.
        KW  - negative labor supply shock
KW  - training effects after worker outflow
KW  - wage effects
KW  - training incentives
KW  - apprenticeship training supply and demand
        ER  -