The returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen ORCID: 0000-0002-6466-1874, Fersterer, Josef and Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf (2007) The returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms. Working Paper 13344. National Bureau of Economic Research, Massachusetts, USA.

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Abstract

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and institutional descriptions suggest that there might be an important element of selection in who obtains an apprenticeship, and what type. In order to overcome the resulting ability bias we estimate returns to apprenticeship training for apprentices in failed firms in Austria. When a firm fails, current apprentices cannot complete their training in this firm. Because apprentices will be at different stages in their apprenticeship at that time, the failure of a firm will manipulate the length of the apprenticeship period completed for some apprentices. The time to the firm failure therefore serves as an instrument for the length of the apprenticeship completed both at the original firm and at other firms. We find instrumental variables returns which are similar or larger than the OLS returns in our sample, indicating relatively little selection.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.nber.org/papers/w13344
Additional Information:	© 2007 by Josef Fersterer, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer.
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2008 09:01
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 20:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6189

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