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Classroom versus workbench: Labour market effects of firm-based learning

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  • Samuel Luethi

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This study assesses the labour market effects of firm-based (or dual) vocational education and training (VET), i.e. when training takes place in a firm rather than in a school. Using Swiss administrative data, I compare the school-to-work transition between graduates of dual and school-based VET, both of whom have the same curriculum and diploma. To identify the causal effect, I rely on an instrumental variable strategy, using the distance to the nearest full-time VET school as instrument. The empirical analysis shows that dual VET is more effective in securing first employment, especially in occupations with loose labour market conditions as well as for men. However, dual VET graduates are less likely to progress to higher education, suggesting that both forms of VET have a comparative advantage. As for causal channels, heterogeneous results indicate that dual VET is particularly effective in developing noncognitive skills.

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  • Samuel Luethi, 2024. "Classroom versus workbench: Labour market effects of firm-based learning," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0227, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).
  • Handle: RePEc:iso:educat:0227
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    Keywords

    apprenticeship; school-based VET; school-to-work transition;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation

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