Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191856 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
ifh Working Paper No. 14/2018
Publisher: 
Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh), Göttingen
Abstract: 
The European Commission actively evaluates occupational entry restrictions in all member states. This has attracted a growing interest among scholars of the German crafts sector as it is governed by an idiosyncratic national set of rules. We estimate the effects of the deregulation of the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 on the overall vocational training levels in affected crafts trades. We employ Difference-in-Differences regressions as well as Synthetic Control Methods on data for the entire population of the German crafts sector. We show that the overall effect of the reform on vocational training levels was negative, and is largely driven by the additional costs of obtaining a training license in the deregulated sector.
Subjects: 
Regulation
Impact analysis
vocational training
Craftsmanship
JEL: 
D45
K20
L51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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