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Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
analyse the impact of the proportion of different occupational groups of apprentices on firm performance. We use … firm performance: the companies cover their training costs immediately. In contrast, companies with apprentices in the …
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New technologies and the demand for medium qualified labour in Germany
Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
The literature on skill-biased technological change concentrates on highly skilled and unskilled employees. It is unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany-employees with a degree from the dual apprenticeship system-increase or not. In...
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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations
Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
innovation is an increase in employee performance, the firm experiences higher resistance, while resistance is lower in firms …
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