Three contributions in applied microeconomics with a focus on vocational education and training

Three contributions in applied microeconomics with a focus on vocational education and training

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This dissertation examines the willingness of companies in Switzerland to provide workplace training as part of dual-track VET programmes. It considers the influence of immigration on training apprentices and asks why more companies in the German-speaking region of Switzerland take part in dual-track VET programmes than companies in the other linguistic regions of Switzerland. In addition, the dissertation also discusses how ‘mismatches’ between learnt and practised occupations affect individual wages.