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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In this three-part dissertation, Manuel Aepli begins by examining the impact that the influx of cross-border workers has had on the willingness of companies in Switzerland to provide workplace training as part of dual-track VET programmes. In the second part of the dissertation, he 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 the third part of the dissertation, he discusses how ‘mismatches’ between learnt and practised occupations affect individual wages.