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Drivers and Barriers of Scaling-Up the Dual VETApprenticeship Programme in Nepal
(2020)CES StudiesThe ENSSURE project entails a component of introducing a Dual VET-Apprenticeship in Nepal. This new formal upper secondary education programme combines about one day of classroom education with about five days of workplace training each week for two years. While this project is in its pilot phase, the question arises whether and how this pilot might represent a first step towards a Dual VET-Apprenticeship system in Nepal. Therefore, this ...Report -
Projection of Net Benefits for Companies in the Dual VET-Apprenticeship Programme in Nepal
(2020)CES StudiesThis project analyses the Dual VET-Apprenticeship programme in Nepal that is supported by the Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE) project. This new technical and vocational education and training (TVET)4 programme lasts for two years, combines workplace training with classroom education and leads to a formal degree equivalent to a Technical School Leaving Certificate (TSLC). This working paper presents the ...Report -
Drivers and Barriers of Scaling-Up the Dual VET-Apprenticeship Programme in Nepal
(2020)KOF StudiesThe ENSSURE project entails a component of introducing a Dual VET-Apprenticeship in Nepal. This new formal upper secondary education programme combines about one day of classroom education with about five days of workplace training each week for two years. While this project is in its pilot phase, the question arises whether and how this pilot might represent a first step towards a Dual VET-Apprenticeship system in Nepal. Therefore, this ...Report -
Projection of Net Benefits for Companies in the Dual VET-Apprenticeship Programme in Nepal
(2020)KOF StudiesThis project analyses the Dual VET-Apprenticeship programme in Nepal that is supported by the Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE) project. This new technical and vocational education and training (TVET)4 programme lasts for two years, combines workplace training with classroom education and leads to a formal degree equivalent to a Technical School Leaving Certificate (TSLC). This working paper presents the ...Report -
First Report on the Dual Vet-Apprenticeship Programme in Nepal: Formative Assessment of the First Cohort
(2019)KOF StudiesReport -
Evaluating the Impact of Employment Protection on Firm-Provided Training in an RDD Framework
(2017)KOF Working PapersThis paper tests the hypothesis that employment protection legislation (EPL) increases the incentives of firms to train their employees. The identification strategy uses a regression discontinuity design (RDD) that exploits exemptions of small firms from EPL. Using firm-level data from Finland and Italy in 2005 and 2010, we do not find empirical evidence that EPL increases the propensity to train or the intensity of firm-provided ...Working Paper