International Journal of Manpower: Volume 23 Issue 5

Successful apprenticeship‐ to‐work transitions: On the long‐term change in significance of the German school‐leaving certificate

Felix Büchel

The quality of labor‐market entry achieved by newly qualified apprentices in West Germany from 1948 to 1992 is analyzed. A bivariate probit model, using data from the BIBB/IAB…

The transition from apprenticeship training to work

Wolfgang Franz, Volker Zimmermann

This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices, after successfully completing their training, stay with the firm that supplied their training and, if…

School‐to‐work transition: apprenticeship versus vocational school in France

Liliane Bonnal, Sylvie Mendes, Catherine Sofer

There has recently been a strong drive to develop apprenticeship in France, as one means of decreasing youth unemployment. Our aim in this paper is to try to measure the “pure”…

Participation in higher education: The role of cost and return expectations

Charlotte Lauer

This study applies to German data a model in which the decision to attend higher education depends on the ratio of marginal cost and marginal return expected from higher…

Labour market expectations of Swiss university students

Stefan C. Wolter, André Zbinden

Labour market expectations and especially wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students…

Technical/professional versus general education, labor market networks and labor market outcomes

David N. Margolis, Véronique Simonnet

Does the choice between a general and a technical/professional education determine the quality of the labor market network that an individual will be able to exploit throughout…

130 Years of Catching up with the West: A Comparative Perspective on Hungarian Industry, Science and Technology Policy‐making since Industrialization

Agnes Simonyi

Employment and Citizenship in Britain and France

Catherine Hakim