Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130330 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9646
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of a social public procurement policy in Switzerland that gives firms that train apprentices a preferential treatment. We estimate the effectiveness of this social procurement policy on a firm's training participation, training intensity, and training quality using information from a representative and large firm survey. The results show that the policy increases the number of training firms, and does not affect training quality negatively. However, the effect is limited in size, as only small firms and firms operating in sectors where public procurement represents a large share of the business, are affected positively.
Subjects: 
apprenticeship training
difference-in-differences
matching
public procurement policy
social public procurement
JEL: 
H32
I28
J08
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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