Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship

Abstract

Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. March 2015Abstract: Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from apprenticeship result in average wage losses, whereas an occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage loss dominates.

Apprentice Poaching in Regional Labor Markets

“…Analogously to previous studies (Fitzenberger et al, 2015;Mohrenweiser et al, 2015), we expect to find that non-retained apprenticeship completers (movers) earn lower wages than those who are retained by their training establishment, reflecting an adverse selection of movers on average. Besides training wages, 15 we also consider apprenticeship completers' relative wages, that is, their deviation from the mean of the cell (training establishment, training occupation, and cohort).…”

“…As a consequence, occupation changes are associated with worse wage outcomes than employer changes within an occupation (Göggel and Zwick, 2012;Fitzenberger et al, 2015). Failing to account for the importance of occupations thus leads to mismeasurement of competition for apprenticeship completers.…”

Changes in Occupational Tasks and Their Association with Individual Wages and Occupational Mobility

“…At the same time, Addison and Portugal (), Neal (), Burda and Mertens () show that involuntary job mobility primarily concerns workers with weaker labor market characteristics. Moreover, there is evidence that occupational mobility after an apprenticeship is affected by negative selectivity of movers (Von Wachter and Bender, ; Fitzenberger et al ., ).…”

Schule – Berufsausbildung – Arbeitsmarkt

“…In empirischen Analysen zum Vergleich der Löhne übernommener und nicht übernommener Auszubildender finden sich negative Effekte eines Firmenwechsels. Dies spricht für einen hohen Anteil betriebsspezifischen Humankapitals (Fitzenberger, Licklederer und Zwiener 2015), auch wenn dies der Selbsteinschätzung von Beschäftigten widerspricht (Dustmann und Schönberg 2012).…”