Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108501 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market No. BWP - 2014/5
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest
Abstract: 
Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within educational track using a rich database and a unique set of observable individual level characteristics as well as local labor market fixed effects to control for the potential selection bias. The results show that there are no significant differences in employment chances between apprentices and non-apprentices within just a year after graduation. Although, in small subsamples of the population, significant differences can be found, these are most likely due unobserved heterogeneity. However, even if these observed differences are unbiased, they are more likely due to the superior screening of the larger firms rather than their superior training.
Subjects: 
apprenticeship training
employment
screening
school-to-work transition
panel data
JEL: 
J08
I21
I24
J24
ISBN: 
978-615-5447-35-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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