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Coaching Disadvantaged Young People: Evidence from Firm Level Data

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  • Mohrenweiser Jens

    (Bournemouth University, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth BH8 8EB, United Kingdom)

  • Pfeiffer Friedhelm

    (Centre for European Economic Research, P.O. Box 10 34 43, 68034 Mannheim, Germany, and University of Mannheim)

Abstract

In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified schoolleavers because of smaller birth cohorts and an increasing proportion of school leavers aiming for higher education. This paper investigates whether a programme that supports firms to train disadvantaged youth can reduce recruiting difficulties in apprentice training firms. Based on unique firm-level data from the metal and electronic industry in Baden-Württemberg from 2010 to 2013, we apply instrumental variable and difference-in-difference estimations and find no significant short-term causal impact of the programme.

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  • Mohrenweiser Jens & Pfeiffer Friedhelm, 2015. "Coaching Disadvantaged Young People: Evidence from Firm Level Data," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 235(4-5), pages 459-473, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:235:y:2015:i:4-5:p:459-473
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2015-4-508
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    Keywords

    Disadvantaged youth; apprenticeship training; programme evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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