This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programmes during secondary education on six early employment outcomes. Our contribution to the literature is threefold. First, we apply a method that has rarely been used in this literature to control for potential selection biases. Second, this method allows us to distinguish between the programmes’ direct effect (conditional on educational achievement) and indirect effect (via educational achievement) on labour market outcomes. Third, we examine the impact of two distinct dual apprenticeship programmes in a novel setting: Flanders (Belgium). We find evidence for short-term labour market advantages only for the programme with the most days of on-the-job training, which fade out quickly over time.

这项研究探讨了中学教育期间加入双重学徒计划对六个早期就业成果的影响。我们对文学的贡献是三方面的。首先，我们应用了一种在文献中很少使用的方法来控制潜在的选择偏差。其次，这种方法使我们能够区分计划对劳动力市场成果的直接影响（取决于教育成就）和间接影响（通过教育成就）。第三，我们在一个新颖的环境中考察了两个不同的双重学徒计划的影响：法兰德斯（比利时）。我们发现只有在大多数时间在职培训的计划才有短期劳动力市场优势的证据，随着时间的推移，该计划会很快消失。