Wages in the first job after apprenticeship

Abstract

"In this article the wage effects of occupational mobility in those who have completed a course of vocational training at a company are studied on the basis of the IAB employment sample. About 70% of this group remains in the company where they did their training, 30% move another company. There is hardly any difference in the average wages of those who remain in the company which trained them and of the changers, although the wages of the latter group are considerably more widely distributed. The results of the analyses show that the wage effect of a change varies between the different branches of industry. It is not possible to derive clear statements from the empirical findings as to whether changing company after completion of training is linked with a positive or negative wage effect." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Dustmann, C., Euwals, R. & Soest, A. (1997): Wages in the first job after apprenticeship. Movers versus stayers. In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Vol. 30, No. 3, p. 671-674.