TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Clark, Damon
AU  - Fahr, René
        TI  - The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship
        PY  - 2001/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 378
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp378
        AB  - This paper assesses the potential of ‘workplace training’ with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide ‘optimal’ training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the effectiveness of apprenticeship using a large administrative dataset. We find returns to apprenticeship for even the lowest ability school-leavers comparable to standard estimates of the return to school, and show that training is transferable across a wide range of occupations, such as a one-digit occupation group. We conclude that the positive experience with German Apprenticeship Training may guide the design of similar policies in other countries.
        KW  - German apprenticeship training
KW  - human capital
KW  - occupational mobility
KW  - wages
        ER  -