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.

"Reaching for gold! The impact of a positive reputation shock on career choice." European Economic Review, 175 (2025). By Daniel Goller and Stefan C. Wolter. LH Working Paper No. 208.

"This time it's different - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Choice." Labour Economics (first published online 08.06.2025). By Daniel Goller, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper Version

"Classroom rank in math, occupational choices and labor market outcomes." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 222, 2025 (first version 2024). By Enzo Brox, Maddalena Davoli and Maurizio Strazzeri.

"How Middle-Skilled Workers Adjust to Immigration: The Role of Occupational Skill Specificity." International Journal of Manpower, 45(2024)8: 1607-1625. By Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner. LH Working Paper No. 193.

"The Impact of Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers on Apprenticeship Training: A Comparative Study."Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 214, 2024. By Manuel Aepli, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Juerg Schweri, Felix Wenzelmann and Stefan C. Wolter.

"How negative labor supply shocks affect training in firms: Lessons from opening the Swiss-German border." Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 203, 2023. By Caroline Neuber-Pohl, Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Sandra Dummert and Harald Pfeifer.

"Business Cycles and Apprenticeships." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (2021). By Samuel Muehlemann and Stefan C. Wolter.

""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.