Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109944 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 15-022
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from apprenticeship result in average wage losses, whereas an occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage loss dominates.
Subjects: 
Apprenticeship Training
Job Mobility
Occupational Mobility
Wages
JEL: 
J62
J24
J30
J31
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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