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The Survival of Apprenticeship Training: A British, American, Australian Comparison
Author(s) -
Gospel Howard
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1994.tb01048.x
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , training (meteorology) , period (music) , political science , demographic economics , world war ii , economic growth , labour economics , history , economics , geography , law , art , archaeology , meteorology , aesthetics
This paper examines the development of apprenticeship training in three English‐speaking countries where apprenticeship has fared very differently. It declined at an early date in the USA in most sectors of the economy; it survived intact in Britain well into the post‐Second World War period; and it has survived relatively strongly in Australia up to the present day. The reasons for decline and survival are examined and an explanation is proferred in terms of the interaction between the institutional supports and the ability and need felt by employers to sustain the system.