The Swiss Vocational Education and Training System: What Can Spain Learn from Switzerland?
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2015-06
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Switzerland is famous for its vocational education and training (VET) system. This article describes Switzerland’s success in integrating adolescents into the labour market, with emphasis on two aspects. First, dual-track VET, which combines learning at school and in host companies, is an attractive choice for adolescents. It prepares them for the labour market and for progression routes to higher education. Second, the firm’s decision to train could be an example of the prisoner’s dilemma, but Switzerland has managed to sidestep that issue and minimize concerns about poaching. Finally, we discuss what Spain could learn from the Swiss VET system.
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
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Standard of excellence; COOPERATIVE GAMES (GAME THEORY); BERUFSBILDUNGSWESEN + BERUFSAUSBILDUNG (ERZIEHUNG); LEHRLINGSAUSBILDUNG + BERUFSLEHRE; LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT; SPAIN (SOUTH WEST EUROPE). KINGDOM OF SPAIN; ARBEITSMARKT UND BESCHÄFTIGUNG; SPANIEN (SÜDWESTEUROPA). KÖNIGREICH SPANIEN; Youth labour market; APPRENTICESHIPS (LABOUR); SCHWEIZ (MITTELEUROPA). SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT; SWITZERLAND (CENTRAL EUROPE). SWISS CONFEDERATION; KOOPERATIVE SPIELE (SPIELTHEORIE); Swiss vocational education and training system; VOCATIONAL TRAINING + VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (EDUCATION); Prisoner’s dilemma; Apprenticeship
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02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
06334 - KOF FB Bildungssysteme / KOF Education Systems