Open Labor Markets and Firms’ Substitution between Training Apprentices and Hiring Workers

Aepli, Manuel; Kühn, Andreas

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“…Our finding that the early 2000s opening of CBWs' access to the Swiss labour market had limited negative effects on apprenticeship training stands in direct contrast to the results of a concurrent study by Aepli & Kuhn (2019). Using the business census data, they argue that the employment of CBWs significantly replaces firms' provision of apprenticeships.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The difference in results relative to ours are due to the differences in research design. Aepli & Kuhn (2019) estimate the effect of CBWs on training by instrumenting firms' employment of them with an establishment's distance from the border. The first stage of this instrumental variable (IV) strategy relies on firms that are located near the border training substantially fewer apprentices than firms farther away -a result that we confirm.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, Aepli and Kuhn's (2019) IV approach depends on the assumption that distance from the border affects firms' provision of training only through the greater supply of CBWs near the border. In contrast, our DiD results suggest that the differences in training behaviour -measured by distance from the border -overstate the effect of the greater supply of CBWs near the border on the firms' provision of training positions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies examining this question are largely observational, focus on smaller-scale immigrant inflows, and reach conflicting conclusions. The studies providing descriptive evidence find either no effect of immigration on training (Baker & Wooden, 1992; or negative effects (Mountford & Wadsworth, 2019;Aepli & Kuhn, 2019). Campo et al (2018) use a standard shift-share IV approach to show that higher skilled immigration has a positive impact on firms providing training to native workers.…”

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Keep It Up Switzerland! Four Empirical Studies on Dual Vocational Education and Training

Oswald-Egg

2022

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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I thank my co-authors -Ursula Renold, Michael Siegenthaler, Thomas Bolli and Ladina Rageth -for their collaboration, their knowledge sharing and their patience. In addition, I thank my inspiring, encouraging and supportive team members with whom I had the pleasure to work and grow. Special thanks go to Thomas Bolli for challenging me to think more like an economist and for explaining econometrics in an understandable way, to Ladina Rageth for being a wonderful office mate, to Katie Caves for productive discussions and language consultations, and to Johanna Bolli-Kemper, Filippo Pusterla, Aranya Sritharan and Silvia Walter for sharing their knowledge, templates and (personal) experiences with me. I also thank Natalie Reid for teaching me how to write articles.Last but certainly not least, I thank my family and friends for their invaluable support and encouragement over the years. This experience would not have ended well without my family. I am eternally grateful to my parents, Maria Esther Egg Orihuela and Edwin Egg, and my sister Alexandra Hofmann for believing in me, pushing me to succeed and supporting me tremendously and unconditionally in every possible way. My husband, Lorenz Oswald, has been my rock in the ups and downs of this adventure. Thank you for being my safe haven, for your truly kind heart, and for taking over so many of my duties and not complaining once -I am forever in your debt! I cannot forget my two wonderful sons, Rafael and Tobias. Thank you for distracting me with your joyful characters, reminding me constantly that life is still happening and for demanding your fair share of my time so I did not miss out on too much of your development. To all my friends, thank you for your friendship and for understanding my time shortage. I am not listing all of your names here, but you are always on my mind.

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Keep It Up Switzerland! Four Empirical Studies on Dual Vocational Education and Training

Oswald-Egg

2022

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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“…Overall, as our results show, studies on demand-side processes of international labour mobility should not ignore the potentially distinct patterns of labour market integration in border regions (Wiesböck 2016). For example, a recent study on the Swiss apprenticeship market suggests that companies substitute skilled cross-border workers and training positions, affecting the employment prospects of the local youth (Aepli and Kuhn 2021). To better understand the mechanisms underlying recruiters' hiring preferences for domestic and cross-border workers, more research accounting for the socioeconomic and sociocultural heterogeneity of applicant pools in border regions is needed.…”

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Hiring in border regions: experimental and qualitative evidence from a recruiter survey in Luxembourg

Gutfleisch

Samuel

2022

J Labour Market Res

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Firms in border regions typically deal with heterogeneous applicant pools that include both (foreign) domestic workers and cross-border commuters. However, we know little about recruiters’ workforce needs and hiring practices in cross-border labour markets. Based on a survey of real recruiters in Luxembourg, this study presents experimental and qualitative findings on the role of country of residence in recruiters’ hiring intentions against foreigners. Luxembourg presents a rarely studied but highly relevant case for hiring practices owing to a combination of a strong economy, strict labour market regulations, and a transnational workforce. Drawing on data from a factorial survey experiment, we found no discrimination against Portuguese and French applicants living in Luxembourg. Yet, (highly skilled) cross-border workers from France and Germany faced disadvantages regarding recruiters’ hiring intentions. However, differences in effect sizes between foreigners and cross-border workers were small and not statistically significant. When further asked about the potential challenges of recruiting in Luxembourg’s cross-border labour market, respondents expressed concerns about flexibility, poor social fit, and cultural differences in hiring foreign and cross-border employees. Overall, our study provides further points of reference for studies on hiring intentions in cross-border labour markets across Europe.

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Opening the Labor Market to Qualified Immigrants in Absence of Linguistic Barriers

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Open Labor Markets and Firms’ Substitution between Training Apprentices and Hiring Workers

Cited by 3 publications

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Keep It Up Switzerland! Four Empirical Studies on Dual Vocational Education and Training

Keep It Up Switzerland! Four Empirical Studies on Dual Vocational Education and Training

Hiring in border regions: experimental and qualitative evidence from a recruiter survey in Luxembourg

Opening the Labor Market to Qualified Immigrants in Absence of Linguistic Barriers

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