Table 5 Firms’ costs and benefits from apprenticeship training (Heckman estimates)
From: The costs of standardized apprenticeship curricula for training firms
Gross costs in Swiss Francs | Productive output in Swiss Francs | Net benefit in Swiss Francs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Content not used | 2978.0** (1412.6) | 3013.9** (1420.1) | \(-\)3705.2*** (1234.2) | \(-\)3675.0*** (1179.2) | \(-\)6693.0*** (1851.4) | \(-\)6700.0*** (1831.1) |
Additional skills | 827.0 (593.8) | 581.3 (588.9) | \(-\)1318.7*** (486.7) | \(-\)1159.9** (489.3) | \(-\)2137.9*** (779.9) | \(-\)1739.9** (773.5) |
Constant | 27908.4*** (3266.6) | 26074.7*** (3301.5) | 37398.0*** (3746.0) | 38752.1*** (3750.1) | 9071.4** (3906.0) | 12659.0*** (3800.7) |
Rho | \(-\)0.171*** (0.043) | \(-\)0.151*** (0.051) | \(-\)0.067 (0.080) | \(-\)0.053 (0.050) | 0.131** (0.058) | 0.084 (0.053) |
Apprentice-year pattern dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Occupation dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Firm size dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Greater region dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Additional firm characteristics | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Apprentice characteristics | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Observations | 6399 | 6399 | 6399 | 6399 | 6399 | 6399 |
Observations (censored) | 2256 | 2256 | 2256 | 2256 | 2256 | 2256 |
Observations (uncensored) | 4134 | 4134 | 4134 | 4134 | 4134 | 4134 |