Achim Schmillen’s scientific contributions

... It is the main driver of the country's characteristic occupational labor market structure and its distinct mechanisms of occupational closure. Accordingly, individuals without a VET degree are five times more likely to be unemployed in Germany and earn almost 20% less over their lifetime than people with such a degree (Röttger et al. 2020;Schmillen and Stüber 2014). Furthermore, unlike the higher education system, access to VET in Germany is not formally linked to the attainment of certain educational credentials but is even open to individuals without a schoolleaving certificate, a circumstance specifically advantageous to refugees (Granato and Ulrich 2014). ...

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Integrating young refugees into VET: do German active labor market programs make a difference?Integration junger Geflüchteter in die berufliche Ausbildung: Wie zielführend sind berufsbezogene Fördermaßnahmen in Deutschland?