Publication: Employment polarization and the role of the apprenticeship system
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2016
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Abstract
This paper studies the effect of apprenticeship training on technology adoption and labor market polarization. A stylized model with two key features is developed: (1) apprentices are more productive due to industry-specific training, but (2) from the firm׳s perspective, when training apprentices, technological innovation is costly since training becomes obsolete. Thus, apprentices correlate with slower adoption of skill-replacing technologies, but also less employment polarization. We test this hypothesis on German regions given loca
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Creators (Authors)
- Rendall, Michelle
- Weiss, Franziska J
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82
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166
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186
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Apprentices, educational system, employment polarization, technology adoption
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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
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English
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2016-02
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2016-02-23
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0014-2921
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merlin-id:13305
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