Table 1 Descriptive statistics of stopouts and dropouts

Share of all early termination

70.5

Success in second apprenticeship

54.5

Timing of premature apprenticeship contract termination

 Trial period

25.7

21.5

1.17

 First year of apprenticeship

32.7

29.2

0.92

 Second year of apprenticeship

29.7

30.8

− 0.31

 Third/Fourth year of apprenticeship

11.9

18.5

− 1.95

Occupational change

60.6

Training conditions

Establishment size

 Less than 10 employees

45.2

36.7

2.21

 Between 50 and 249 employees

31.9

26.8

1.33

 Between 10 and 49 employees

15.9

22.8

− 1.96

 More than 250 employees

7.0

13.7

− 2.17

Log of apprenticeship earnings

39.6

34.2

1.39

Daily wage at time of premature termination (€)

13.9

13.8

0.5

Duration of apprenticeship for occupation

 3 years

68.3

70.0

− 0.45

 3.5 years

31.7

30.0

0.45

Share of early terminations by occupation

49.2

47.7

5.73

Schooling

 No certificate

4.8

10.1

− 1.76

 Lower secondary school leaving certificate

60.4

54.6

1.45

 Pre-vocational school leaving certificate

2.7

4.6

− 0.79

 Vocational school leaving certificate

1.1

1.6

− 0.27

 Secondary school leaving certificate

24.7

17.8

1.92

 Higher school leaving certificate

5.5

10.3

− 1.62

 Others

0.8

1.0

− 0.16

Individual characteristics

 Age at premature termination

18.4

19.2

− 10.6

 Female

34.7

38.0

− 0.84

 German nationality

96.6

93.0

1.37

Start of apprenticeship

 1999

27.3

26.1

0.28

 2000

27.2

26.6

0.16

 2001

25.3

23.7

0.45

 2002

20.2

23.6

− 0.92

Observations

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