Effect of policies and economic conditions on firms’ training
This research analyzes how economic shocks, technological change, immigration, business cycles, and labor market policies affect firms’ training provision, apprenticeship opportunities, and workforce adaptation strategies.
Employment prospects and firm-based training — Evidence from opening the Swiss-German border. Labour Economics, 99(2026). By Caroline Neuber-Pohl, Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Sandra Dummert and Harald Pfeifer. 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.
Minimum Wages and Human Capital Investment: A Meta-Regression Analysis. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(2025)4: 567-586. By Hristos Doucouliagos and Katarina Zigova. Working Paper version
Minimum Wages and Provision of Training. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 242, 2025. By Katarina Zigova and Thomas Zwick.
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. Working Paper version
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
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. Working Paper version.
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. Working Paper version
Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 156(2020)3. By Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Competition, Institutions and Company-sponsored Training. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 162, 2019. By Tina Hinz and Jens Mohrenweiser.
Another piece of the puzzle: Firms' investment in training as production of optimal skills inventory. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 10(2018)6. By Harald Pfeifer and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
Labor market deregulation and apprenticeship training profitability - a comparison of German and Swiss employers.European Journal of Industrial Relations, 21(2015)4: 353-368. By Anika Jansen, Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Felix Wenzelmann and Stefan C. Wolter.Working Paper version.
Apprentice pay in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: institutions, market forces, market power.European Journal of Industrial Relations, 19(2013). By Paul Ryan, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Silvia Teuber and Karin Wagner.
Careers and productivity in an internal labor market. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 83(2013). By Uschi Backes-Gellner, Philip Yang, Simon Janssen and Christian Pfeifer.
Monopsony Power, Pay Structure, and Training. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 66(2013)5: 1095-1112. By Samuel Muehlemann, Paul Ryan and Stefan C. Wolter.
Avoiding Labor Shortages by Employer Signaling - On the Importance of Good Work Climate and Labor Relations.Industrial and Labor Relations Review 63,(2010)2, 271-286. By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Simone N. Tuor.
Time-to-degree and the business cycle. Education Economics, 18(2010)1: 111-123. By Dolores Messer and Stefan C. Wolter.
Apprenticeship Training and the Business Cycle. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 1(2009)2: 173-186. By Samuel Mühlemann, Stefan C. Wolter and Adrian Wüest.