Duale Berufsbildung: Internationale Trends, Analysen Links und Publikationen

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Externe Publikationen

Jahr	Titel		Herausgeber	Autor(en)	Sprache	Beschreibung	Art des Dokumentes
Jahr	Titel	Download / Link	Herausgeber	Autor(en)	Sprache	Beschreibung	Art des Dokumentes
2019	Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training		Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies	Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri, Stefan C. Wolter	English	Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is that firms act in accordance with the norms and expectations they face with in the local labor market in which they operate.	Studies & Tools
2018	Apprenticeship Training in Italy – a cost-effective model for firms?		Bertelsmann Stiftung	Samuel Mühlemann, Stefan C. Wolter, Eva Joho	English	This study simulates the costs and benefits for Italian firms that would train Swiss-style dual model in ten occupations in very different economic sectors under. To be able to simulate these outcomes, we use data from Switzerland, where, over a decade, more than twenty thousand training and nontraining firms have provided extensive data on their investments, benefits of training, and reasons for either training or refraining from doing so. We use this data as the base for our simulations, combining it with labour market data from Italy. The advantage of simulating, rather than measuring cost and benefits, is that we can choose different models and parameters and, therefore, measure the sensitivity of outcomes for these assumptions. This allows us not only to make a statement about whether training is beneficial but also to define both the framework and the parameters of a hypothetical model that would work.	Studies & Tools
2018	Apprenticeship Training in England – a cost-effective model for firms?		Bertelsmann Stiftung	Stefan C. Wolter, Eva Joho	English	This study simulates the costs and benefits for English firms that would train Swiss-style dual model in ten occupations in very different economic sectors under. To be able to simulate these outcomes, we use data from Switzerland, where, over a decade, more than twenty thousand training and nontraining firms have provided extensive data on their investments, benefits of training, and reasons for either training or refraining from doing so. We use this data as the base for our simulations, combining it with labour market data from Italy. The advantage of simulating, rather than measuring cost and benefits, is that we can choose different models and parameters and, therefore, measure the sensitivity of outcomes for these assumptions. This allows us not only to make a statement about whether training is beneficial but also to define both the framework and the parameters of a hypothetical model that would work.	Studies & Tools
2018	Does it Pay for Firms? Costs and Benefits of the Skills Future Earn and Learn Programme in Singapore		KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Ursula Renold, Thomas Bolli, Stefan C. Wolter	English	The SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme (ELP) targets graduates from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Polytechnics. During the programme’s 12-to-18-month duration, ELP participants spend about 20% of their time in classroom education at the ITE and Polytechnics and 80% in structured workplace training. In order to introduce the programme in 2015, participation of both students and firms was subsidized. This raises the question of whether these subsidies are necessary in the long run, so this research project aims to measure the costs and benefits of the ELP from the perspective of firms. The methodology uses a mixed-method design that combines quantitative surveys of both participating and non-participating firms with qualitative interviews among firms that participate in the ELP.	Studies & Tools
2018	Creating New Positions? Direct and Indirect Effects of a Subsidized Apprenticeship Program			Bruno Crepon, Patrick Premand	English	Evaluations of employment programs usually focus on direct impacts on participants, but potential indirect eﬀects are rarely quantiﬁed. This paper analyzes the impact of a subsidized apprenticeship program in Côte d’Ivoire. The experiment simultaneously randomized whether apprenticeship positions opened by ﬁrms were ﬁlled by the program, and whether interested youths were assigned to a formal apprenticeship. This design allows for estimating whether individuals forgo other apprenticeship opportunities (windfall eﬀects), and whether ﬁrms replace other apprentices with program participants (substitution eﬀects). We ﬁnd both eﬀects to be moderate. A framework shows howtheycombine: overall, 0.74 to 0.77 apprenticeship position is created per subsidized apprentice. Short term impacts on youth earnings were not signiﬁcant. However, the net value of work provided by apprentices in ﬁrms increased, pointing to large indirect eﬀects of the program.	Studies & Tools
2017	The Role of the Private Sector in Vocational and Educational Training - Developments and Success Factors in Selected Countries		Economic Policy Forum (EPF)		English	This Policy Paper analyses the VET system in four selected countries – namely India, the Republic of Korea, South Africa and Vietnam. The study focuses on the private sector engagement in the four selected countries. It identifies developments and good practices and derives transnational policy recommendations to strengthen the role of the private sector.	Studies & Tools
2017	Meet the Need – The Role of Vocational Education and Training for the Youth Labour Market - KOF working Papers, 429		KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Thomas Bolli, Maria Esther Egg, Ladina Rageth	English	To fight negative trends in the youth labour market, policymakers around the world foster vo- cational education and training programmes (VET). We therefore investigate how the share of three upper secondary education programmes, i.e. general education, school-based VET, and dual VET, affect the labour market of 15- to 24-year-olds.	Studies & Tools
2017	Skills Development in Economic Development Cooperation		State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)		English	This position paper explains SECO’s approach to skills development within its economic development cooperation and is addressed to a broader public and partners in Switzerland and abroad.	Strategy & Policy Papers
2017	The New Constitution and its Impact on TVET Governance in Nepal: A report in support of developing understanding and finding the way forward for federalizing the TVET sector in Nepal. Kof Studies No. 89		KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Ursula Renold Katherine Caves	English	This report maps out how Nepal’s new constitution (NC) explicitly and implicitly foresees the federalization of the technical vocational education and training (TVET) sector, and outlines how that sector can best be federalised. Our goal is to broaden the understanding of key stakeholders in the Nepali TVET sector on the issues of equitable, effective and efficient TVET services in a federalised context. The insights in this report are based on consultation with key leaders and stakeholders in Nepal’s TVET system, along with current research and scholarship on TVET governance plus the expert’s own experiences with constitutional reforms and TVET federalization in Switzerland and Germany.	Articles & Factsheets
2017	World Development Report 2018 'Learning: To Realize Education's Promise'		World Bank		English	Any country can do better if it acts as though learning really matters. That may sound obvious—after all, what else is education for? Yet even as learning goals are receiving greater rhetorical support, in practice many features of education systems conspire against learning. This Report argues that countries can improve by advancing on three fronts: (i) Assess learning—to make it a serious goal, (ii) Act on evidence—to make schools work for all learners and (iii) Align actors—to make the whole system work for learning.	Studies & Tools
2017	Swiss Style Vocational Education and Training		Accenture Swiss American Chamber of Commerce GAN ETH Zurich - KOF		English	In the following pages, you will learn what “apprenticeship” means in in the Swiss education system (we are aware that there are many different understandings of “apprenticeship”), you will read stories from great companies with great success in training the right people for the right jobs—at no cost to the young people (even with a small salary!) and with a positive business case for the companies (IRR 7-10% on average). In the following pages, you will read from seven visionary governors who plan to make great strides in closing the skills gap and providing high-quality, high-skilled jobs to the next generation. And you will read intimate personal stories from very successful businesspeople who started their careers as apprentices.	Studies & Tools
2017	WEBINAR on ‘What is the Business Case of Investing in Vocational Education and Training (VET)?’ Peter Rechmann November 30, 2017		GO.VET	Peter Rechmann, BIBB	English	German companies contribute extensively towards the training of apprentices annually. The Dual System of Training - to its merit - addresses the issue by bringing Industry and Government together as co-partners & co-funders of VET programmes. There is lots to gain from their success especially for complex VET systems in emerging and developing countries. This Webinar discusses the following questions: 1) How Apprenticeships in Germany works? 2) What is the business case for companies to invest in vocational education & training? 3) What kind of short term and long term benefits do German companies gain from VET? 4) How is this relevant for non dual based VET systems?	Webinar
2017	So Similar and Yet So Different: A Comparative Analysis of a Firm’s Cost and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training in Austria and Switzerland.		IZA Institute of Labour Economics			The authors compare a firm’s costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border, there are some important institutional differences. On average, a Swiss firm generates a net profit of 3400 Euro per apprentice and per year of training, while an Austrian firm incurs net costs of 4200 Euro. Applying matching models, we find that this difference is largely driven by a higher relative apprentice pay in Austria, which in turn is associated with collective bargaining agreements and competition with alternative school-based VET pathways. However, Austrian firms can still generate a return on their training investment, partly due to wage subsidies, but mostly by retaining a high share of apprentices as skilled workers, and thereby save on future hiring costs.	Studies & Tools
2016	Vocational and Professional Education and Training in Switzerland: Success factors and challenges for sustainable implementation abroad		hep verlag ag	Rudolf H. Strahm Bruno H. Geiger Cornelia Oertle Erik Swars	English	Why Swiss dual track education system has an excellent reputation throughout the world? What success factors we have to consider and why they play a pivotal role in its implementation abroad? Various examples, enumerated from all over the world show how to start sustainable implementation. This book is written for the English speaking foreign delegates, executives’ professionals in the field of education, skill development and entrepreneurship.	Studies & Tools
2016	Exportartikel Berufsbildung? Internationale Bildungszusammenarbeit zwischen Armutsreduktion und Wirtschaftsförderung		hep verlag ag, Bern	Matthias Jäger, Markus Maurer, Martin Fässler	Deutsch	Berufsbildung ist seit den 1950er-Jahren ein wichtiges Standbein der schweizerischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Nun verleiht ihr die in jüngster Zeit weltweit zunehmende Jugendarbeitslosigkeit neue Popularität. Entwicklungspolitische Zielvorgaben, internationale Megatrends und unterschiedliche Konzepte stellen die Berufsbildung vor grosse Herausforderungen. Die Autoren diskutieren Praxis und Potential bezüglich der Bildungszusammenarbeit im Spannungsfeld zwischen Armutsreduktion und Wirtschaftsförderung. Dabei schlagen sie den Bogen von den ersten internationalen Berufsbildungsprojekten bis zu einer nächsten Projektgeneration.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2016	Tertiary Vocational Education in Europe – Examples from Six Education Systems		Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BiBB)	Ute Hippach-Schneider, Verena Schneider	English	This publication summarises the most important results from the first phase of the research project “Arbeitsbasiertes Lernen im tertiären Bildungsbereich – eine international vergleichende Analyse von Modellen und Funktionen” [“ Work-based learning in the tertiary education sector – an international comparative analysis of models and functions”] (https://www.bibb.de/en/24108.php; accessed 14.10.2015)	Studies & Tools
2016	The Employer’s Dilemma: Employer engagement and progress in vocational education and training reforms - KOF Working Papers, 423		KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Ursula Renold Katherine Caves	English	Employer engagement is a critical part of vocational education and training (VET). However, we know little about forms of employer engagement in the implementation of VET reforms. Employers can be advisors, or can be given roles and responsibilities throughout the cycle of VET processes. We follow eight international VET reforms through their first year.	Studies & Tools
2016	Rolle und Qualifizierung des betrieblichen Ausbildungspersonals in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Andreas Dernbach Fritz Feder Julia Schmidt	Deutsch	Die Handreichung richtet sich an Praktiker und Entscheidungsträger, die mit Rolle, Aufgaben und Qualifizierung von Lehr- und Ausbildungspersonal im Rahmen der EZ befasst sind. Das Lehr- und Ausbildungspersonal spielt bei der Gestaltung arbeitsmarktorientierter Berufsbildung, aber auch bei der Umsetzung von Reformen in Berufsbildungssystemen eine entscheidende Rolle.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2016	Berufliche Bildung und Qualifizierung im Kontext von Flucht und Migration		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH		Deutsch		Strategy & Policy Papers
2016	Lehrlingswesen braucht keine Subventionen		Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (skbf/csre)	Stefan Wolter	Deutsch	Die Schweizer Erfahrungen mit der Berufsbildungs-Finanzierung verdienen grössere internationale Beachtung.	Articles & Factsheets
2015	The German VET System: Exportable Blueprint or Food for Thought?		Bertelsmann Stiftung	Prof. Dr. Dieter Euler Clemens Wieland	English	The article offers an approach where the dual system is broken down into 11 distinct elements, each of which can be described and examined with regard to its transferability.	Studies & Tools
2015	Governance and Financing of cooperative Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) - Strengthening the role of private actors and associations		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Volker Bank, Marius Busemeyer, Dieter Dohmen, Dietmar Frommberger	English	This study deals with key features and approaches of governance and financing of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) between state and market in the development work.	Studies & Tools
2015	Governance und Finanzierung kooperativer Berufsbildung – Die Rolle von privaten Akteuren und Verbänden stärken		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Volker Bank, Marius Busemeyer, Dieter Dohmen, Dietmar Frommberger	Deutsch	In dieser Studie geht es um zentrale Merkmale und Ansätze der Steuerung und Finanzierung beruflicher Bildung zwischen Staat und Markt in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2015	Aufbau und Funktion nationaler Berufsbildungsagenturen - Eine explorative Untersuchung unter Einbezug von Fallbeispielen		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Dietmar Frommberger	Deutsch	In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird auf der Basis einschlägiger Literatur und unter Berücksichtigung diverser Fallbeispiele der Frage nachgegangen, mit welchen Governanceprinzipien nationale Berufsbildungsstrukturen weiterentwickelt werden und welche Aufgaben und Funktionen in diesem Zusammenhang Nationalen Berufsbildungsagenturen zukommen können.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2015	Apprenticeship Training in Spain – a cost-effective model for firms?		Bertelsmann Stiftung	Stefan C. Wolter, Samuel Mühlemann	English	This study simulates the costs and benefits for Spanish firms that would train Swiss-style dual model in ten occupations in very different economic sectors under. To be able to simulate these outcomes, we use data from Switzerland, where, over a decade, more than twenty thousand training and nontraining firms have provided extensive data on their investments, benefits of training, and reasons for either training or refraining from doing so. We use this data as the base for our simulations, combining it with labour market data from Italy. The advantage of simulating, rather than measuring cost and benefits, is that we can choose different models and parameters and, therefore, measure the sensitivity of outcomes for these assumptions. This allows us not only to make a statement about whether training is beneficial but also to define both the framework and the parameters of a hypothetical model that would work.	Studies & Tools
2014	Work-based learning: a handbook for policy makers and social partners in ETF partner countries		European Training Foundation (ETF)	Prof. Richard Sweet	English	This handbook has been written to help policy makers and social partners to understand some of the ways in which learning in the workplace can be encouraged and how its quality can be improved. It is also intended to help them to understand some of the ways that such learning can be organised in a structured way so that it benefits learners, enterprises and employees, and so that it provides wider benefits for the labour market and the economy as a whole.	Studies & Tools
2014	Success factors for the Dual VET System - Possibilities for Know-how-transfer - Report		Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft (ibw)	Wolfgang Bliem Alexander Petanovitsch Kurt Schmid	English	The study is dedicated to identifying central success factors, and thus forms the support structure for any further work or decision process. The study purposely does not give any recommendations for the actual design of a vocational training system in individual countries; it is intended rather to only show the relevant approaches and the different possibilities for designing apprenticeship.	Studies & Tools
2014	Erfolgsfaktoren der dualen Ausbildung Transfermöglichkeiten		Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft (ibw)	Wolfgang Bliem Alexander Petanovitsch Kurt Schmid	Deutsch	Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich der Identifizierung dieser zentralen Erfolgsfaktoren und bildet damit eine Unterstützung für den weiteren Arbeits- und Entscheidungsprozess. Die Studie gibt dezidiert keine Empfehlung für die tatsächliche Ausgestaltung des Berufsbildungssystems in einzelnen Ländern, sondern will relevante Ansatzpunkte und unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten für die Ausgestaltung einer Lehrlingsausbildung aufzeigen.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2014	Attractiveness of vocational education and training: Permeability, successful school-to-work transition and international mobility		Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BiBB)	Markus Linten Sabine Prüstel Christian Woll Uta Roth Alix Wurdak	English	Selected bibliography: Interesting and relevant publications from around the world that showcase the different approaches countries have taken to this topic.	Studies & Tools
2014	Improving the Image of Technical and Vocational Education and Training - A synthesis		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Prof. Dr. Ute Clement	English	Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is perceived in developing, emerging and even in industrial countries as a ‘second-best option’ in comparison to general or academic education. As a consequence, TVET is less seen as an educational option therefore as a step back on the career path. This educational choice has a range of critical implications on the individual, business and societal levels. Since this situation has been recognised for quite a while, it is remarkable that there has hardly been any empirical research done on this topic.	Studies & Tools
2014	Toolkit - Lernen und Arbeiten in der informellen Wirtschaft		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Sektorvorhaben Berufliche Bildung	Deutsch	Das Toolkit bietet einen strukturierten Überblick zum Stand der Forschung, zu den Akteuren und zur aktuellen entwicklungspolitischen Praxis auf diesem Gebiet. Es enthält Einführungstexte und Projektbeschreibungen mit lessons learnt sowie zahlreiche Hinweise zu weiterführender Literatur. Damit eröffnet es Ihnen den Zugang zu einem reichen Wissens- und Erfahrungsschatz. (www.giz.de/toolkit-informelle-wirtschaft)	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2014	Toolkit - Learning and Working in the informal economy		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Sektorvorhaben Berufliche Bildung	English	This Toolkit provides a structured overview on current research, actors as well as practial examples . The toolkit consists of project descriptions, lessons learnt and further reading recommendations.	Studies & Tools
2014	Guidelines: Vorhaben Beruflicher Bildung gestalten		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Dr. Michaela Baur Dr. Klaus-Dieter Przyklenk Prof. Dr. Ute Clement	Deutsch	Die Guidelines bieten Informationen zu Grundsätzen, Erfahrungen und Wissensbeständen der Arbeit der GIZ im Bereich Berufsbildung. Sie zeigen die Reichweite der Aufgaben, beschreiben mögliche Leistungen in diesem Bereich und illustrieren diese anhand von konkreten Fallbeispielen.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2014	Using Benefit Cost Calculations to Assess Returns from Apprenticeship Investment in India: Selected SME Case studies		International Labour Organisation (ILO)	Sandra Rothboek	English	This document presents a method, a social marketing tool, which gives the empirical evidence that there is a business case for apprenticeshipps and can be utilized to promote apprenticeships. The method was adapted to the Indian SMEs environment, where usually data collection at enterprise levels is very limited and is bosed on five case studies from various industries (light and heavy manufacturing, the retail and hotel industry).	Studies & Tools
2013	Overcoming the work-inexperience gap through quality apprenticeships – the ILO’s contribution		International Labour Organisation (ILO)	Michael Axmann Christine Hofmann	English	The ILO works with constituents on improving transitions from school and training to decent work. Apprenticeship systems in the formal and informal economy are important means to smooth transitions and provide quality skills that are of relevance to labour markets. Work on upgrading informal apprenticeship focuses on building on local traditions and practices, improving the quality of training, skills recognition, decent work and the participation of women.	Articles & Factsheets
2013	Towards a model apprenticeship framework - a comparative analysis of nationals apprenticeship systems		International Labour Organisation (ILO)		English	The ILO and World Bank in 2012 jointly conducted a study to review international experience in apprenticeships and identify good practice principles based on the cross-country analysis. This report contains case studies on eleven countries’ apprenticeship systems, a cross-case analysis and the development of a framework for a model apprenticeship system.	Studies & Tools
2013	Revisiting global trends in TVET: Reflections on theory and practice		United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)		English	The essays presented in this publication are complementary to the UNESCO forthcoming volume on global TVET trends and issues in UNESCO’s new Education on the Move series.	Studies & Tools
2013	OECD Skills Strategy Spotlight Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives: Apprenticeships and workplace learning		Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD)		English	How do apprenticeships and other forms of workplace learning help people to make a successful transition from school to work?	Studies & Tools
2013	Das duale System in Deutschland - Vorbild für einen Transfer ins Ausland?		Bertelsmann Stiftung	Prof. Dr. Dieter Euler	Deutsch	Die vorliegende Expertise zeigt, woran ein differenzierter Transfer anknüpfen kann. Das duale Berufsbildungssystem wurde zu diesem Zweck in elf Komponenten zerlegt, die sich auch einzeln betrachten lassen: Wie steht es mit der Finanzierung des dualen Systems? Wie lassen sich Theorie und betriebliche Praxis sinnvoll kombinieren? Wie werden Prüfungen abgenommen?	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2013	Skills development in middle level occupations: the role of apprenticeship training		IZA Policy Paper	Robert I.Lerman	English	This paper examines the diversity of approaches to apprenticeship and related training for middle-level occupations and highlights empirical and policy research results concerning the advantages of apprenticeship training for intermediate level skills, jobs, and careers.	Studies & Tools
2013	Work-based Learning in Europe - Practices and Policy Pointers		European Commission (EC)		English	This policy handbook is one of the European Commission contributions to strengthen work-based learning (WBL) in initial vocational education and training (IVET) . The aim of the Commission was to produce policy guidance illustrated by concrete practices from the Member States which can be used by policymakers and practioners to introduce or reinforce workbased learning elements in vocational education and training (VET).	Studies & Tools
2013	Imageverbesserung beruflicher Bildung - Synthesebericht		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Prof. Dr. Ute Clement	Deutsch	Die berufliche Bildung wird im Vergleich zur allgemeinen bzw. akademischen Bildung ausnahmslos als second-best-option wahrgenommen. Dies führt dazu, dass die berufliche Bildung in deutlich geringerem Umfang als Bildungsweg und damit auch als Karrierebaustein nachgefragt wird. Dieses Bildungswahlverhalten hat eine ganze Reihe kritischer Implikationen auf der individuellen, betrieblichen und gesamtgesellschaftlichen Ebene.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2013	Vocational Education and Training - Evaluation results, findings and conclusions		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Martina Vahlhaus	English	In 2010/2011, GIZ’s Monitoring and Evaluation Unit focused its activities on the subject area of vocational education and training on behalf of BMZ. To determine the effectiveness of programmes in partner countries, the findings of 12 independent, individual evaluations were compiled in an evaluation synthesis in 2012.	Studies & Tools
2012	Transforming TVET: Building skills for work and life - Main working document		United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)		English	The UNESCO study looks in depth at the major trends and policy developments in TVET since the second international Congress held in Seoul in 1999. This work has two main objectives. The first is to analyse world trends in TVET in the context of wider development trends since the second International Congress. The second is to advance conceptual and policy debates on TVET to address persisting challenges and to proceed towards future frontiers.	Studies & Tools
2012	Synthese und Meta-Evaluierung Berufliche Bildung		Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stockmann Dr. Stefan Silvestrini	Deutsch	Ziele der Studie sind die Analyse der Ergebnisse der Einzelevaluierungen hinsichtlich ihrer Verallgemeiner und Übertragbarkeit auf zukünftige Vorhaben, die Identifikation wiederkehrender Stärken und Schwächen bzw. Erfolgs und Misserfolgsfaktoren sowie ggf. die Entwicklung eines darauf aufbauenden Erklärungsmodels.	Studien & Arbeitshilfen
2012	Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa		International Labour Organisation (ILO)	Christine Hofmann	English	This publication promotes a policy learning approach to build on the strengths of informal apprenticeship systems and reap their potential. It provides an overview of what we know about upgrading informal apprenticeship for decision- makers in ministries, trade unions and employers’ organizations, ILO skills and employment specialists in the eld, and training experts in other interna- tional or national development agencies who are dealing with or envisage dealing with the training system of the informal economy.	Articles & Factsheets
2010	The Implementation and impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: Report of a study in 16 countries		International Labour Organisation (ILO)	Stephanie Allais	English	Thi is the report of an international research project conducted by the Skills and Employability Department of the ILO on the implementation of National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) and their use and impact.The research aimed to produce empirical evidence and analysis of countries’ experiences as a basis for advising countries on whether, and if so, then how, to introduce a qualifications framework as part of a strategy to achieve their wider skills development and employment goals.	Studies & Tools
2009	Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training. A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland.		Applied Economics Quarterly	Regina Dionisius, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolter		For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyzes based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper analyzes the reasons for these differences with matching methods. We simulate the impact of changes in certain parameters such as wages, apprenticeship system-related factors and allocation of tasks to apprentices on the cost-benefit ratio using the counterfactual values of the other country. The results show that most of the difference in the net costs of training between the two countries can be explained by a higher share of productive tasks allocated to apprentices in Switzerland and the differences in relative wages.	Studies & Tools