Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany An Empirical Assessment /

• Main Author: Kuckulenz, Anja (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2007.
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies ; 37
• Subjects: Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Economic policy.; Labor economics.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Economic Policy.

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analysed, explicitly accounting for the hete...

Table of Contents:

• Continuing Training
• Heterogeneous Effect of Training on Earnings
• Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital
• Comparison of Wage and Productivity Effect: A Sectoral Analysis
• Summary and Conclusion.