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ibw draws up reports and analyses at the interfaces between education and training, skill needs of businesses and qualifications.

ibw’s research work covers a wide gamut of topics and ranges from analyses of dual VET, school-based and tertiary education and labour market analyses onto continuing vocational education and training (CVET).

In our research library you will find well-founded data, studies and background analyses conducted by ibw at the interface between education, business and qualification. Most of our ibw studies have a national and sometimes also regional focus. On account of the increasingly strong international perspective due to the EU’s education policy and OECD’s comparisons of systems, however, there is also growing international demand for ibw’s expertise. ibw has been a partner or coordinator of a large number of EU projects for many years. In addition, ibw is a cooperation partner of the EU’s Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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    Companies Engaging in Dual VET: Do Financial Incentives Matter?

    Approaches in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland Options, Pros and Cons for Reform Processes

    ibw-report, Zürich, 2019
    Schmid K.

    It is generally assumed that companies benefit from their engagement in dual VET – for example, from the productive work of apprentices (which in many cases even exceeds the total costs of training) or by saving hiring costs because of having well-trained future staff in-house. Such advantages would suggest that offering financial incentives for companies to engage in dual VET is unnecessary.

    However, even in “classical” dual VET countries like Austria, Germany and Switzerland specific financial mechanisms (such as subsidies and training funds) exist that support companies in their engagement in VET. Therefore, what are the pros and cons of providing financial incentives to training companies?

    ibw produced this discussion note for DC dVET to offer basic information and outline a set of key questions especially oriented for countries that try to foster company engagement in their VET-systems.

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    Factsheet Lehrlingsausbildung Deutschland - Österreich

    Wien, 2019

    Dieses Factsheet gibt einen Überblick über wichtige Eckpunkte der Lehrlingsausbildung in Deutschland. Ein Vergleich mit dem österreichischen System soll Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten aufzeigen.

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