15.05.2024Second International Leading House Conference on the “Economics of Vocational Education and Training”

June 12, 2024 (16:30) – June 14, 2024 (approx. 13:00), University of Zurich, Switzerland

Keynote Speakers

Pierre Cahuc, SciencePo, France
Hanna Virtanen, ETLA, Finland

The conference also celebrates the 50^th Anniversary of the Edding Commission and Cost-Benefit Analyses of Apprenticeship Training

Keynote address on current cost-benefit analyses by Samuel Mühlemann, LMU
Keynote address on the historical context by Dieter Sadowski, Trier University
Special sessions on cost-benefit analyses organized jointly with Harald Pfeifer (BIBB) and Jürg Schweri (EHB)

Conference Program

Leading House Conference Program 2024 (PDF, 309 KB)

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15.05.2024Second International Leading House Conference on the “Economics of Vocational Education and Training”

June 12, 2024 (16:30) – June 14, 2024 (approx. 13:00), University of Zurich, Switzerland

Conference information

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