On December 18, 2018, Dr. Katherine Caves from CEMETS, Bob Lanter from the California Workforce Association (CWA), and Vinz Koller from Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) led a webinar focused on:
The business case for apprenticeships and education reform;
How to get involved in the education reform movement in California; and
An overview of the CEMETS Summer Institutes and plans for assembling a second California delegation to go to the CEMETS Summer Institute in 2019 to gain a deeper understanding of education and training reform.
4. How do we best
gain work
experience and
employability
skills?
4
5. Evidence from CO: Where are key
skills best learned?
From Dr. Katie
Caves, KOF, ETH
Zurich
6.
7. 7
How can apprenticeships be
profitable?
5.7.20
Program
duration
Marginal product
of participant
Training costs
Marginal product
Training costs
Time
Before
program
After
program
Unskilled
wage
Post-
training
wage
Source: Own depiction based on Lerman (2014)
8. 8
Cost/benefit ratio for Swiss companies
offering apprenticeships in million Sfr
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
5350 5824
474
Net benefit
Productive
output of
apprentices
Gross costs
9. 9
Funding of apprenticeship system
60%
30%
10%
Total costs: approx. $9b/year
Private Sector
State
Federal
Training costs & wages of
apprentices
Vocational
schools
Career
guidance
Supervision
Development
Strategic oversight
15. What would Youth
Apprenticeship at scale
look like in California?
• 800,000 Apprentices (10x)
• Business would invest $18.75
b. and earn back $20.65 b.
• Young people would add $18
b. to the economy.
• Reduce their student debt by
$18 b.
• Youth unemployment rate
would drop to 3%
18. 18
18
2019 Summer Institute Facts
• June 26- July 5, 2019 – Zurich, Switzerland
• 60 participants from several countries and some
US States.
• It’s a Reform Lab
– Define your reform case and context
– Learn from the best
– Present your case and get feedback
• Visit firms and vocational training institutions to
experience a fully integrated system
20. More Information
Vinz_Koller@spra.com - @kollerv
caves@kof.ethz.ch - @katiecaves
blanter@calworkforce.com - @Workforce_Info
Information for CA Delegation to Summer Institute
https://www.spra.com/cemets-2019
CEMETS Summer Institute
www.cemets.ethz.ch
Hinweis der Redaktion
Trends that we are all familiar with over the last 50-60 years:
The red line shows how the jobs which only require HS Education are in steady decline – they accounted for more than 80% in the 50‘s and now account for fewer than 10%.
The purple line shows a steady increase in needed voc ed.
But the really dramatic increase is in jobs needing tertiary education (this is secondary plus advanced training) and even more dramatic is the need for Experience and for Soft Skills.
Apprentice wage depends on e.g. unions
Cost Timing depends on financing of general education by government
Wage compression affected by e.g. labour market frictions, unions
Cost benefit – Even at a cost of $50K-$150K per apprentice over 3-4 years, the businesses get a full return on their investment
Trends that we are all familiar with over the last 50-60 years:
The red line shows how the jobs which only require HS Education are in steady decline – they accounted for more than 80% in the 50‘s and now account for fewer than 10%.
The purple line shows a steady increase in needed voc ed.
But the really dramatic increase is in jobs needing tertiary education (this is secondary plus advanced training) and even more dramatic is the need for Experience and for Soft Skills.
Trends that we are all familiar with over the last 50-60 years:
The red line shows how the jobs which only require HS Education are in steady decline – they accounted for more than 80% in the 50‘s and now account for fewer than 10%.
The purple line shows a steady increase in needed voc ed.
But the really dramatic increase is in jobs needing tertiary education (this is secondary plus advanced training) and even more dramatic is the need for Experience and for Soft Skills.
Trends that we are all familiar with over the last 50-60 years:
The red line shows how the jobs which only require HS Education are in steady decline – they accounted for more than 80% in the 50‘s and now account for fewer than 10%.
The purple line shows a steady increase in needed voc ed.
But the really dramatic increase is in jobs needing tertiary education (this is secondary plus advanced training) and even more dramatic is the need for Experience and for Soft Skills.
At $656 Billion, the Ohio economy is almost exactly the same size as the Swiss economy and yet has four times fewer apprentices. Imagine what the Ohio economy would look like if its apprenticeship investment were on the Swiss scale.
Instead of the XY apprentices Ohio currently has, it would have more than 180,000. Ohio businesses would invest around $5 billion annually into their training and earn around $5.5 billion on that investment during the training period.
Even when in apprenticeships, young people would add $4.5 billion per year in consumer power to the Ohio economy, while reducing student debt by almost $4 billion per year. The youth unemployment rate would drop to 3%.
Trends that we are all familiar with over the last 50-60 years:
The red line shows how the jobs which only require HS Education are in steady decline – they accounted for more than 80% in the 50‘s and now account for fewer than 10%.
The purple line shows a steady increase in needed voc ed.
But the really dramatic increase is in jobs needing tertiary education (this is secondary plus advanced training) and even more dramatic is the need for Experience and for Soft Skills.