From: Early termination of vocational training: dropout or stopout?
 | Base model | Training cell clusters | Training cell clusters with low early termination rates |
---|---|---|---|
Time of termination | |||
 Trial period (reference) |  |  |  |
 First year1 | − 0.012 | − 0.015 | 0.003 |
(− 0.55) | (− 0.68) | (0.10) | |
 Second year | − 0.046** | − 0.049** | − 0.056* |
(− 2.02) | (− 2.20) | (− 1.82) | |
 Third/Fourth year | − 0.113*** | − 0.120*** | − 0.118*** |
(− 4.95) | (− 4.09) | (− 2.82) | |
Training conditions | |||
 Log of VET earnings | 0.018 | 0.028 | − 0.008 |
(1.00) | (1.54) | (− 0.33) | |
Establishment size | Â | Â | Â |
 More than 250 employees (reference) |  |  |  |
 Less than 10 employees | 0.113*** |  |  |
(3.13) | Â | Â | |
 Between 10 and 49 employees | 0.118*** |  |  |
(3.28) | Â | Â | |
 Between 50 and 249 employees | 0.077** |  |  |
(2.21) | Â | Â | |
Industry | Yes | Â | Â |
Duration of apprenticeship for occupation | Â | Â | Â |
3.5Â years (reference) | Â | Â | Â |
3Â years | 0.007 | 0.013 | 0.015 |
 | (0.31) | (0.63) | (0.51) |
Share of early terminations by occupation | − 0.001 |  | 0.001 |
 | (− 1.80) |  | (0.64) |
Schooling | |||
No certificate (reference) | |||
 Lower secondary school leaving certificate | 0.130*** | 0.169*** | 0.186*** |
(3.87) | (5.30) | (4.57) | |
 Pre-vocational school leaving certificate | 0.020 | 0.038 | 0.040 |
(0.38) | (0.73) | (0.50) | |
 Vocational school leaving certificate | 0.091 | 0.125* | 0.144 |
(1.17) | (1.67) | (1.50) | |
 Secondary school leaving certificate | 0.197*** | 0.243*** | 0.252*** |
(5.22) | (6.49) | (5.03) | |
 Higher school leaving certificate | 0.090* | 0.116** | 0.147** |
(1.80) | (2.48) | (2.46) | |
Others | 0.118 | .116 | 0.059 |
(1.40) | (1.18) | (0.43) | |
Individual characteristics | |||
 Female | − 0.04* | − 0.31 | − 0.023 |
(− 0.193) | (− 1.53) | (− 0–85) | |
 German nationality | 0.136*** | 0.133*** | 0.192*** |
(3.62) | (3.44) | (3.31) | |
 Over 20 years at time of termination | − 0.102*** | − 0.115*** | − 0.070** |
(− 4.56) | (− 5.38) | (− 2.42) | |
Start of VET | |||
 1999 (reference) |  |  |  |
 2000 | − 0.027 | − 0.015 | − 0.000 |
(− 1.21) | (− 0.65) | (− 0.01) | |
 2001 | − 0.028 | − 0.019 | − 0.021 |
(− 1.20) | (− 0.84) | (− 0.64) | |
 2002 | − 0.067** | − 0.058** | 0.057 |
(− 2.83) | (− 2.34) | (− 1.65) | |
N | 2896 | 2896 | 1537 |
Pseudo-R2 | 0.0669*** | 0.0502*** | 0.0490*** |