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Making Apprenticeships Profitable for Firms and Apprentices: The Swiss Model

Samuel MuehlemannView further author information
Pages 390-404 | Published online: 29 Sep 2016

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  • “Bildungsfinanzen: Ausgabe 2014.” 2014. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/publikationen.Document.179700.pdf (accessed July 5, 2016).
  • Blatter, M., S. Muehlemann, S. Schenker, and S. C. Wolter. 2016. “Hiring Costs of Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training.” Oxford Economic Papers 68, no. 1: 238–57.
  • Dionisius, R., S. Muehlemann, H. Pfeifer, G. Walden, F. Wenzelmann, and S. C. Wolter. 2009. “Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland.” Applied Economics Quarterly 55, no. 1: 7–37.
  • Di Pietro, G. 2016. “The Impact of Television Programs on Teenage Career Aspirations: The ‘Master Chef Effect.’” Bonn: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9804. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/publikationen.Document.179700.pdf (accessed July 5, 2016).
  • Jansen, A., M. S. Leiser, F. Wenzelmann, and S. C. Wolter. 2015. “Labour Market Deregulation and Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of German and Swiss Employers.” European Journal of Industrial Relations 21, no. 4: 353–68.
  • Jansen, A., H. Pfeifer, G. Schönfeld, and F. Wenzelmann. 2015. “Apprenticeship Training in Germany Remains Investment-Focused: Results of BIBB Cost-Benefit Survey 2012/13.” BIBB Report 1/2015, available at https://www.bibb.de/en/25852.php (accessed September 7, 2016).
  • Muehlemann, S. 2016. “The Costs and Benefits of Work-Based Learning.” OECD Discussion Paper, forthcoming.
  • Muehlemann, S., P. Ryan, and S. C. Wolter. 2013. “Monopsony Power, Pay Structure and Training.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 66, no. 5: 1095–1112.
  • Muehlemann, S., J. Schweri, R. Winkelmann, and S. C. Wolter. 2007. “An Empirical Analysis of the Decision to Train Apprentices.” LABOUR 21, no. 3: 419–41.
  • Muehlemann, S., and S. C. Wolter. 2011. “Firm-Sponsored Training and Poaching Externalities in Regional Labor Markets.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 41, no. 6: 560–70.
  • OECD. 2011. Education at a Glance 2011. Paris: OECD, 234.
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  • ———. 2015. “Swiss Education Report 2014.” Aarau, Switzerland: Swiss Coordination Center for Research in Education.
  • SERI. 2016. “Vocational and Professional, Education and Training in Switzerland: Facts and Figures 2016.” Bern: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
  • Strupler, M., and S. C. Wolter. 2012. Die duale Lehre: eine Erfolgsgeschichte – Auch für Betriebe. Ergebnisse der dritten Kosten-Nutzen-Erhebung der Lehrlingsausbildung aus der Sicht der Betriebe [Dual apprenticeship training: a success story – also for firms. Results from the third cost-benefit survey of apprenticeship training from the perspective of the firms]. Glarus/Chur: Rüegger Verlag.
  • Wolter, S. C., and S. Muehlemann. 2015. “Apprenticeship Training in Spain—A Cost-Effective Model for Firms?” A Cost-Benefit Simulation Study Commissioned by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Fundación Bertelsmann. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung.

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