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Carroll Haak
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In recent years, participation in further vocational education in Germany has
increased, but the participation rate is still below average in comparison with
other European Countries. While demand for qualified workers is rising, there is
an increasing number of low-qualified and unqualified workers with little chance
of getting a job. In particular, small and medium sized enterprises are
experiencing skill shortages, although the unemployment rate in Germany is still
high. Investment in human capital is a central instrument for matching labour
market demand with supply to meet these problems. This paper investigates the further vocational training activities of small and medium sized enterprises in Germany and Denmark in the context of an analysis of their further training systems. The data used are drawn from a European company survey, CVTS II. In terms of vocational training and employment growth, Denmark is very successful and the usage of vocational further training in companies is very high. Thus, the study investigates whether it is the size of enterprises or the institutional arrangements of further training that plays the central role in explaining the deficits in further vocational training activity in small and medium sized enterprises in Germany in comparison with Denmark. |
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