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Is Germany's Dual System Still a Model for Canadian Youth Apprenticeship Initiatives?

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Many Canadian provinces have introduced youth apprenticeship initiatives to facilitate transitions into the labour market. As the German dual system is often considered a model for such initiatives, this paper attempts to introduce a critical perspective on issues affecting the system's future. Economic restructuring, work reorganization, changing hiring practices, and young people's increasing preference toward higher education form the main challenges for the dual system. The review of recent debates about the German dual system suggests that youth apprenticeship initiatives in Canada need to provide students with career options that are more transparent while at the same time maintaining or increasing flexibility in the transition process.

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  • Wolfgang Lehmann, 2000. "Is Germany's Dual System Still a Model for Canadian Youth Apprenticeship Initiatives?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 26(2), pages 225-240, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:26:y:2000:i:2:p:225-240
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    1. Colin Crouch, 1997. "Skills-based Full Employment: the Latest Philosopher's Stone," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 35(3), pages 367-391, September.
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    1. Christian Dustmann & Uta Schoenberg, 2007. "Apprenticeship Training and Commitment to Training Provision," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0032, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).
    2. Wagner, Robert & Wolf, Maximilian, 2013. "What drives the intention of Bavarian crafts apprentices to change employer or occupation? : an empirical study in the crafts sector," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 46(1), pages 43-60.
    3. Andrew Sharpe & James Gibson, 2005. "The Apprenticeship System in Canada: Trends and Issues," CSLS Research Reports 2005-04, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    4. Laporte, Christine & Mueller, Richard, 2010. "The Persistence Behaviour of Registered Apprentices: Who Continues, Quits, or Completes Programs?," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2010-21, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 27 May 2010.
    5. Wolfgang Lehmann, 2005. "‘I’m still scrubbing the floors’," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 19(1), pages 107-129, March.

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