Effects of economics shocks on apprenticeships

The projects in this research area investigate how firms’ apprenticeship places are affected by different types of economic shocks, such as globalization, opening borders, or COVID-crisis shocks.

How Middle-Skilled Workers Adjust to Immigration: The Role of Occupational Skill Specificity. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 193, 2021. By Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner.

"Too shocked to search." The COVID-19 shutdowns' impact on the search for apprenticeships. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 157(2021)6. By Daniel Goller and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 182.

Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 156(2020)3. By Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 146.