Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship

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 fi...

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Published in:Labour economics 2015-06, Vol.34 (34), p.138-151
Main Authors: Fitzenberger, Bernd, Licklederer, Stefanie, Zwiener, Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absolvent
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship training
Arbeitslosenquote
Arbeitsplatzwechsel
Ausbildung
Berufliche Mobilität
Beschäftigter
Betriebliche Berufsausbildung
Causality
Einkommenseffekt
Human capital
IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe
Innerbetriebliche Mobilität
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
Job mobility
Labor market
Occupational mobility
Regionaler Faktor
Stichprobe
Studies
Wages
Wages & salaries
Westdeutschland
Zwischenbetriebliche Mobilität
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Summary: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 loss of firm-specific human capital seems to dominate. •We carefully distinguish between mobility across firms and across occupations.•Causal wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany.•IV approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics.•Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes result in average wage losses.•Occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains.
ISSN:0927-5371
1879-1034
DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2015.03.008