School‐to‐work transition: apprenticeship versus vocational school in France

Abstract

There has recently been a strong drive to develop apprenticeship in France, as one means of decreasing youth unemployment. Our aim in this paper is to try to measure the``pure'' within-firm training effect on school-to-work transition. We address the problem of the transition to the first job, using a model of simultaneous maximum likelihood estimation of several probabilities and of the parameters of the probability density function linked to the exit from unemployment. We conclude that apprentices have a distinct advantage over those who attended vocational school. This effect is stronger when we correct for the negative selection bias associated with the choice of apprenticeship.

The effectiveness of apprenticeship training: A within-track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary

“…Bonnal, Mendes and Sofer (2002) show that apprentices have a better chance of finding a job immediately 7 after graduation, which effect is mainly driven by the "stayers," i.e. those that stay at the firm that provided the training.…”

“…Bonnal, Mendes and Sofer (2002) and Bertschy, Cattaneo and Wolter (2009) try to model the selection into apprenticeship using French and Swiss data, respectively. Bonnal, Mendes and Sofer (2002) show that apprentices have a better chance of finding a job immediately 7 after graduation, which effect is mainly driven by the "stayers," i.e.…”

“…Many have tried to address this selection bias using selection equations (Bonnal, Mendes, and Sofer 2002;Bertschy, Cattaneo, and Wolter 2009;Meer 2007), or using pieces of information from different sources of exogenous variance (difference-in-difference method:…”

“…For instance the finding that in France apprentice "stayers" are more likely to find a job than "movers" (Bonnal, Mendes, and Sofer 2002;Mendes and Sofer 2004), or Euwals and Winkelmann's (2004) observation that "stayers" in Germany are more likely to have longer first-job duration but not higher wages, support the screening more than the human capital argument. Winkelmann's (1996) argument that once employed both "stayer" and "mover" apprentices and non-apprentices have similar job stability is also more in line with the screening mechanism and less with the human capital argument.…”

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Higher Apprenticeship: Review and Challenges

“…Apprentice trained have better employment opportunity compared to the school-based vocational education [7,10].…”