Occupation-specific wage returns: shedding light on differentials between employees with a VET degree either with or without an Abitur

Abstract This study seeks to reveal the heterogeneity in occupation-specific wage returns among graduates of the German vocational education and training (VET) system. We distinguish between VET graduates with and without a higher education entrance certificate (i.e. an Abitur). To implement our hie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anett Friedrich, Sandra Hirtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
Subjects:
VET
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-021-00111-5